Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Uncovering Your Leadership Blind Spots

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Last week, I went to training to become certified as a DiSC facilitator.  Some of you may be familiar with this instrument.  It is a personal assessment tool that looks at your work and relationship behaviors and can be used to improve work productively, enhance your skill as a team member and your communication.  It is … [Read more...]

Start with Why

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “All great leaders communicate in the same way.  They always start with the Why”.  Simon Sinek I recently did a program with a group of nurse managers about managing an intergenerational workforce.  This managers commented that their young Generation Y staff want explanations for leadership decisions.  This is key to getting their buy … [Read more...]

Sharing Those Career Goals

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN My career is not moving in the direction I had hoped, a young leader told me .  Evidently, the senior leadership indicated that they hired a recruitment firm because there were no internal candidates for a position that she was very interested in.  I asked her to tell me how explicit she had been in expressing her career goals and possible … [Read more...]

Interprofessional Healthcare Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN There is much discussion today about the importance of both interprofessional practice and education.  Healthcare quality is dependent on strong teamwork.  We have good evidence to suggest that when this teamwork is not present, there is an impact on communication, quality, safety and staff satisfaction.  What we hear less about is … [Read more...]

When Leaders Don’t Read Email

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"I don't do email" one of my graduate leadership students recently told me.  I asked her about the official form of communication in her organization, and it is email.  So you don't respond to messages, I asked.  Rarely, she told me.  I wondered what her staff and supervisors thought about this behavior.  What does this lack of responsiveness do to the  employee’s perspective … [Read more...]