Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Becoming More Tactful

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN One of my students was telling me that her CNO had recently spoken with her about the lack of tact that she was demonstrating in leadership meetings.  She was a little resentful about the conversation when it seemed that the CNO was pointing out something that could help her in furthering her relationships with others.  "It is … [Read more...]

Why Some Nurse Leaders Fail

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“We spend a lot of time teaching our leaders what to do.  We don’t spend enough time teaching them what to stop.”             Peter Drucker The above quote from Peter Drucker, the father of modern management practice, is interesting one and includes an idea that rarely receives attention in leadership development.  Knowing what leadership behaviors to practice is important, … [Read more...]

The Nurse Engagement and Retention Conundrum

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC Historically, we have believed and it has been true that nurse engagement was closely linked to nurse retention.  In fact, the return on investment on projects to engage staff is often linked to lower turnover.  This picture appears to be changing with our millennial nursing cohort who now comprise about 32% of the workforce and will … [Read more...]

Creating a More Accountable Staff

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I visited a clinical site recently where one of my graduate students was doing an administrative practicum.  She had an incredibly good experience with a very dynamic nurse leader.  She was however surprised at the lack of accountability she observed in many RN staff when challenges with performance measures were being … [Read more...]

Bullying – A Normalization of Deviance

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Recently, a nursing colleague was telling me about a unit that she had recently begun to manage.  She was totally shocked at the amount of bullying that was occurring particularly involving her newest staff.  She commented that the bullying behaviors had become normalized into the culture and the previous nurse manager had not dealt with it … [Read more...]