Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

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...]

Exercising More Leadership Diplomacy

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A nurse leader colleague shared with me that she had received her 360 degree feedback results.  A theme in the responses from her peers, supervisor and direct reports was that she often lacked diplomacy when working with others.  This was very helpful feedback because a lack of diplomacy could stall her leadership advancement and … [Read more...]

Group Think

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Group Think has been defined as psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people when the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an incorrect or flawed decision-making outcome. Group members try to minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation of alternative ideas or … [Read more...]