Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Giving New Graduates Career Advice

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN An academic colleague recently told me that she had spoken to a class of senior students about career options in nursing.  She was very surprised that all but 3 students out of a class of 100 planned to move into an advanced practice role such as NP or CRNA.  She asked me how this could be and where were these young students getting … [Read more...]

Timing in Work and Life

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Leaders know the importance of timing in their work and lives but what we may not know is that there science behind timing that can inform our lives and work. In his new book, When: The Scientific Secret of Perfect Timing, Daniel Pink takes cutting edge research and explains how we can use it to our advantage.  His findings have … [Read more...]

Passing the Leadership Torch

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 By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Recently several Generation X nurse leaders have told me that some Baby Boomer nurse leaders are having serious problems letting go in their leadership whether it be in the work setting or professional organizations. In their international best selling book The Leadership Challenge, James Kouzes and Barry Posner identify enabling … [Read more...]

Transparency in Leadership

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Rose O, Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC Our young Millennial graduate students often tell me that they have grown tired of working in environments where there is little transparency in decision making and they often cannot trust their leaders to provide them with accurate information.  The Gallup organization which has studied tens of thousands of employee over the past 30 years … [Read more...]

Learning to Execute

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I was listening to a colleague talk about a professional goal that she had established for herself but never followed through with it.  Over the past five years, she has discussed it with me at least three times with no follow-up.  Lack of execution is an issue for many nurse leaders, some of whom are great at planning but lack … [Read more...]