Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

What I Know for Sure About Nursing Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN   Oprah Winfrey has written a book about what she knows for sure.  This is a good exercise for nurse leaders.  Not everything that I once believed about leadership is still true today.  Times change and the context of leadership changes with it.  But there are some things that will always be true about leadership – here … [Read more...]

Five Reasons Change Doesn’t Stick

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC Introducing change is challenging but the biggest challenge comes in making it stick.  I have talked with many nurse leaders over the past few months who are struggling with keeping bedside rounding alive on their units.  It is an evidence-based practice that has been demonstrated to contribute to better patient outcomes and higher patient … [Read more...]

The Four Laws of Creativity

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I often marvel at the creative ideas of others and wonder where the inspiration came from.  In an outstanding new book, The Creative Curve, Allen Gannett debunks many ideas about creative genius.  Most new innovation is actually an iteration of something that has already been done.  Developing new ideas is a process which Gannett … [Read more...]

When You Don’t Respond to Emails

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN One of my Millennial nurse leader students was upset because her Chief Nursing Officer had spoken to her about her lack of responsiveness on email.  I don't like email, she explained to me.  I prefer to be texted.  The challenge is that her organization uses email as their official communication mechanism so opting out is not really … [Read more...]

Nurse Engagement Starts with the Leader

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The other day, a nurse manger talked with me about her unit's Gallup Q12 scores.  They were disappointing.  I asked her to think about her own level of engagement.  She said she had withdrawn from her work because she felt so overwhelmed with her new responsibilities.  We know that engagement starts with the nurse leader coach. … [Read more...]