Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Creating Psychological Safety

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I was recently asked by a new manager how to begin rebuilding psychological safety on a unit where staff deeply distrusted their previous leader.    Mending a broken trust can be challenging. Blame and incivility were characteristics of the culture that had evolved over many years. New graduate turnover was very high because of the … [Read more...]

Pushing Staff Out of the Nest

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Sometimes leaders need to push their staff out of the nest to help them to grow.  I recently spoke with a manager who found herself in this position. One of her charge nurses had asked to attend the emerging leader course in her health system.  She did well in the course and was identified as a high potential future leader in her … [Read more...]

When Managers Break all the Rules

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Students often ask me about books that have profoundly influenced my thinking about management and leadership. A book, that I found helpful in my own leadership journey, was published initially more than a decade ago and recently updated and re-released in 2016. The newest edition of First, Break all the Rules: What the World's Greatest … [Read more...]

Turn Down the Drama at Work

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN It comes up in almost every leadership session that I teach.  Leaders want to know how to deal with the drama queens and kings that work for them.  I can relate this back to my own experience when I was a manager.  My evening charge nurse while extremely competent was also a drama queen.  Every afternoon when she came to work, I … [Read more...]

When Interprofessional Teamwork Efforts Fail

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A manager recently asked me how she could build Interprofessional teamwork on her surgical unit when the surgical residents had been given the option of opting out on bedside rounds.   Her patient satisfaction scores involving communication with health providers were low. Her process to introduce the rounding was well thought … [Read more...]