Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

When You Are Stressed

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN If you are like most nurse leaders today, you probably feel the stress of a rapidly changing healthcare environment with increasing expectations and responsibilities.  How to balance the demands and control your own stress level can sometimes be challenging. In a blog on ways that successful people defeat stress, author Heidi Halvorson … [Read more...]

Adding Value to Others in Your Leadership Role

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN My students often ask me how successful leaders have advanced in their careers.  The paths to success are varied but there is one consistent theme that I have seen in leaders that I observe - they always look for ways that they can add value to others in their role.  Leadership guru, John Maxwell has observed that the bottom line … [Read more...]

Meeting FOMO

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of the Year, Best Supporting Meeting, Best Meeting Based on Material from Another Meeting.” — William Goldman, screenwriter, novelist. Managing time is very challenging for nurse leaders in today's environment.  Many leaders struggle with trying to be "everywhere". … [Read more...]

Breaking All the Rules

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Personal and organizational effectiveness is proportionate the strength of leadership".  John Maxwell My 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 … [Read more...]

Delegating in Leadership Roles

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN       When I talk with managers especially those new to their roles, they will often tell me that they have challenges with delegation.  A good example involves staffing changes. Often staff want time off after the schedule is posted, and then ask their managers to find someone who will switch shifts with them.  … [Read more...]