Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Nursing Leadership Core Values

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Do you know what your leadership values are and perhaps even more important – do you live them and what do you do if your core values are shaken at the core?  A senior nursing leader that I know well is experiencing a heart wrenching decision about whether to leave her organization because an important decision that she made had been … [Read more...]

Building Social Capital on Healthcare Teams

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN In a recently popular TED talk titled Why it's time to forget the pecking order at work, Margaret Hefferman a well known business thought leader talked about the importance of social capital in organizations.  She defines social capital as the reliance and interdependency that happens on teams when trust is built.  It is social capital that … [Read more...]

Restructuring Nurse Leader Roles

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN The transition of leadership from one generation to another is beginning to happen with great frequency in our healthcare settings today.  Many nurses who are relatively new to leadership are assuming roles that almost seem unmanageable in their scope and span of control.  What has happened in many organizations is that during the … [Read more...]

Dealing with the Impact of Lost Knowledge

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y Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Knowledge gaps can be hard to pinpoint and diagnose at first because many work processes today are so intangible and complex." - David DeLong A nurse manager recently described to me her leadership dilemma.  For years, she had been fortunate to a have a cadre of very experienced staff with longevity on the unit.  Over the past year, many … [Read more...]

Giving Second Chances

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”   George Bernard Shaw Nurse leaders throughout their careers are periodically asked by staff to take a leap of faith, and give them a second chance.  Making these decisions is not always easy.  Our current healthcare environment is very … [Read more...]