Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Expanding the Career Options of Novice Nurses

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A CNO colleague recently asked me what had changed with baccalaureate nursing education.  It seems that every new graduate she hires today comes in with the goal of becoming a nurse practitioner (quickly).  She wondered if any of these bright, high energy new nurses had even considered other career opportunities.  It is a good … [Read more...]

Using Your Gallup Q12 Results

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN           Many healthcare organizations today use the Gallup Q12 to assess employee engagement.  I often hear nurse managers complain about the questions.  They wonder if there is a direct relationship between how staff answer these questions and other outcome measures.  They are also often at a … [Read more...]

Promoting Civility

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An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”.  Mahatma Gandhi If you watch the nightly news and/or observe what goes on in our political environments today, you may sometimes wonder if we live in a civilized society.  There is a rash of discourteous, disrespectful and rude behavior that is strangely tolerated, and even accepted as a new norm.  Bullying others now seems to … [Read more...]

Becoming a Leader with Impact

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN  Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon once commented that your personal brand is what people say about you after you leave the room.  All of us want to believe that as leaders we will have impact.  But this is not a given and to have impact, we must be intentional in our leadership. In their book Be a Person of Impact, authors Jackie and Kevin … [Read more...]

The Importance of Trust

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Trust is like change in a leader’s pocket.  Each time you make a good leadership decision, you earn more change.  Each time you make poor decisions, you pay out some of your change to the people.” I was recently talking with a high potential young nurse leader who had been asked to do something that was clearly fraudulent by her supervisors.  She is devastated on so many … [Read more...]