Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

When the Conflict is with Your Boss

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship or deepening it.  That factor is attitude.” – William James Managing conflict well is a challenge for most nurse leaders under the best of circumstances.  When the conflict is with your boss, it can be difficult … [Read more...]

Taking a Pause in Your Work

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “We create the future and optimize leadership potential in the silence and potency of pausing.”   Kevin Cashman Nursing leaders today find themselves trying to straddle two worlds…..the world of the now and the world of what is ahead with health reform.  There are no clear answers about the right strategies to embrace or initiatives to … [Read more...]

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...]