Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

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...]

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...]