Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Planning Your Leadership Transition

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN So the baton has officially been passed to you - what is the next step.  How you spend your first 100 days in a leadership position can help set the stage for the rest of your tenure in the role and within the organization.   Those you lead closely watch how you orient yourself to the organization, how you spend your time and what … [Read more...]

Capitalizing on the Strengths of Your Staff

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN An important strategy to engage staff is to know and encourage staff to use their strengths in their work. Investing in strengths can have a huge payback in the level of staff engagement. Gallup research indicates that seven in 10 employees (67%) who strongly agree that their manager focuses on their strengths are engaged in their … [Read more...]

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...]