Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Thinking Like a Futurist

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN         Last week, I attend the World Futurist Society conference in Washington DC.  I have belonged to this group for more than a decade and always find these meetings to very stimulating.  This conference was no exception.  The quality of the presentations were outstanding and transdisciplinary.  … [Read more...]

Developing Your Personal Leadership Philosophy

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN   Committing your leadership beliefs, values and guiding principles to paper can be very powerful.  It also holds you accountable to practice what you preach if you put your leadership philosophy out there - an internal compass.  I was reminded of the power of this the other day when I read the leadership philosophy of … [Read more...]

Personal Accountability

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN My graduate students often ask me what they can do to stand out as leaders.  I always tell them that an important quality in short supply today is personal accountability or the willingness to take ownership for one's work and/or decisions. It is about holding yourself 100% accountable for your actions.  If you are willing to do … [Read more...]

Talking about Salary

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN One of my graduate students called me last week concerning the fine art of salary negotiation.  She saw a salary range for a position that she was in the process of interviewing for.  She knew that to make a move to a new role, she would need to ask for close to the top of the range that was being advertised.  Her question was - how … [Read more...]

Building Alignment to Support Initiatives

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I recently spoke with a nurse leader colleague who told me that she was having challenges in building alignment on her own team related to structural changes that her organization was pursuing.  She told me that she understood the anguish being experienced by both leaders and staff because it involved a change in patient … [Read more...]