Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Take Time to Nominate Your Staff

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN If you are a nurse leader working in a health system, you probably have numerous opportunities during the year to nominate your staff for awards and recognition.  But do you do it?  The answer for many of us is probably not as often as we should.  Nurse leaders are busy.  Writing a good award nomination application or letter takes time - for … [Read more...]

An Abundance Leadership Mindset

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Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I was recently involved in a professional meeting where one of the leaders was very concerned about having competitors at the table to talk about a strategy moving forward.  Given the topic of the discussion, there clearly was enough work in this situation for all of us yet she persisted in her ideas that we should cancel the meeting.  … [Read more...]

Key Skills for Future Nurse Executives

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN One of the challenges in leadership development is to design programs and experiences that will prepare emerging leaders for a future that could look very different from our current environment.  In an important new article in Hospital and Health Networks The Rapidly Evolving Role of Nurse Executives, author Laurie Larson went to … [Read more...]

Necessary Endings in our Professional Life

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN A colleague of mine recently left a position and an organization that she had been in for years to pursue a new venture.  She had been contemplating a move for several years but just recently made the decision to leave.  In his wonderful book Necessary Endings , Dr. Henry Cloud a leadership expert discusses the challenges that we face when … [Read more...]

Building a Culture of Ownership in Healthcare

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By Bob Dent, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, FACHE (Guest Blogger) Bob Dent is the Senior VP, COO and CNO at Midland Memorial Hospital in Midland, Texas.  He is also President-elect of the American Organization of Nurse Executives.  This blog highlights some of the key ideas in his important new book on building a culture of ownership in healthcare. The Invisible Architecture … [Read more...]