Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Staff Happiness

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN What do you do when a staff member comes into your office and tells you that they are not happy? I was recently asked this question by a young manager who was struggling with the burden of wanting everyone to be happy. She is not unusual. Many nurses who move into leadership have a natural tendency to be people pleasers and enjoy … [Read more...]

Nurse Managers are the Linchpins

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN By definition, linchpins are the essential building blocks of organizations.  They have the potential of making a huge difference in the success of any organizational effort.  All the current evidence points to the reality that frontline nurse managers are the linchpins to organizational success in achieving healthy work … [Read more...]

Emotional Self-Control

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I am coaching a leader who has destroyed a great deal of her credibility over an incident in which she did not maintain good self-control.  The sad part is that this was just one incident in a long and successful career but it has had a significant impact on how she is now viewed in her organization.  Through her career, she has been … [Read more...]

Deciding When to Leave a Leadership Role

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I have recently talked with a number of colleagues who are struggling with the decision about leaving their current employer.  There are times in everyone’s career when it is time to move on either to a different position or to retirement.  Yet, quitting can be challenging because it does involve many losses.  We spend almost as much … [Read more...]

Expanding Your Mental Models

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I recently had a discussion with a CEO about the span of control of nurse managers.  I have growing concerns about what we are asking of these frontline leaders to do and wanted to elicit his viewpoints on the topic. It soon became clear to me that his mental model of the manager is not grounded in the reality of day to day clinical … [Read more...]