Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

When You are Promoted from Within

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Having work experience in an organization when you accept a leadership role is often a tremendous advantage but it can also present some unique challenges.  On the positive side, you will not have the steep learning curve about the unit/organizational culture or staff that a leader selected outside the unit might experience.  But … [Read more...]

Your 2018 Leadership Goals

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN It is a brand new year.  The great thing about a new year is that gives us an opportunity to begin again especially if 2017 was challenging for you.  While it is not unusual to establish personal and professional goals for ourselves that we hope to achieve during the year, the evidence indicates that most people end up abandoning the goals … [Read more...]

Be More Yoda, Less Superman in Your Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN New nurse leaders are often selected for their positions because they are both great problem solvers and very responsible in making sure that things get done.  These are wonderful strengths to have but it is easy to become quickly overwhelmed if you try to continue being all things to all people when you are in a leadership role.  … [Read more...]

Fighting Feelings of Being Overwhelmed

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN New managers often tell me that feelings of being overwhelmed most of the time contributes significantly to their anxiety level.  In today's healthcare environment, there will always be more to do than there is time to do it.  So how can you pace yourself to avoid these feeling of being overwhelmed?    Michael Hyatt, a well-known … [Read more...]

Making Decisions About Second Chances

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I met with a nursing director the other day who told me that she "was beating herself up" because she gave a nurse a second chance and the nurse made a serious mistake that seriously injured a patient.  The first situation was one in which an unclear system contributed to the error.  She confessed she gave the nurse the benefit of … [Read more...]