Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Managing Resignations

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN If you are like many leaders, you probably dread it today when a staff member comes to your office and tells you that they need to talk with you.  Too often these are conversations around a resignation.  Sometimes, a resignation comes on very short notice.  I recently had a former employee of mine call me for advice.  He was leaving his … [Read more...]

Effective Career Goal Setting

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”   Mother Teresa It is always interesting to me how some leaders are able to be so much more effective in achieving their career and professional goals than others.  Research indicates that many of us begin with good intentions but then don't follow through.  … [Read more...]

Dos and Don’ts When You Resign

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN A longtime colleague of mine abruptly made the decision to resign when she was not selected for an executive position.  She felt humiliated and betrayed because she had served as an interim CNO for more than one year.  Her exit was not a graceful one and she lost respect in the eyes of her colleagues.  How do you leave a difficult job … [Read more...]

CNO Advice to Emerging Leaders 2016

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN               We live in a rapidly changing healthcare environment.  Nurse leaders are challenged to adapt their leadership to these changes and also think about what future leaders may face.  This is the second part of a two-blog series on findings from interviews that … [Read more...]

Major Challenges for Chief Nursing Officers in 2016

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN     "Balancing optimism and realism, intuition and planning, faith and fact can be difficult.  But that is what it takes to be effective in navigating leadership."  John Maxwell Each year in my Introduction to Nursing Leadership graduate course, my students select a chief  nursing officer in a health care agency to … [Read more...]