Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

What I Know for Sure About Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN We are in turbulent times in healthcare. Planning can be challenging. As one of my nurse leader colleagues recently told me – it is like putting together a puzzle without all the pieces in place. Nurses look to their leaders more than ever to help them to frame what sometimes appears to be the chaos of change.  It is more important than ever … [Read more...]

Dealing with Organizational Politics

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN A colleague recently told me a story about making a huge mistake in failing to properly read the politics in the organization that she had recently joined.   She had made an assumption about the intent of her new employer to move quickly on an agenda item that she discussed during her interview and later learned that there was not the buy … [Read more...]

Nurse Leader Priorities for 2016

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By Rose O. Sherman, RN, EdD, FAAN Leadership planning in today's healthcare environment can be extremely challenging.  As one nurse executive recently told me, "it is like trying to solve a puzzle without all the pieces in place."  Yet, deciding on what strategies to implement is important in leadership.  This week, Nursing Advisory Board released From our experts_ What you … [Read more...]

The Nurse Leader Coach

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I was talking with a group of nurse leaders today about why we often wait to too long to deal with performance issues.  Many leaders hope behaviors will just go away, or they may know that a performance review is right around the corner so they will deal with it then.  But is this the right approach?  Perhaps our perspective on performance … [Read more...]

Modeling the Way as a Leader

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nothing frustrates staff more than nurse leaders who say one thing and then do something quite different.   When you think about leadership the words: trust, credibility, relationships, communication, and consistency come to mind to name a few. The importance of connecting your words with action is critical in developing into a true … [Read more...]