Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Adaptive Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Leadership is easiest in stable times when we can make predictions about the future with some level of certainty.  It is during times of "calm seas" that we can set a course and deliberately build our plans.  Increasingly today, this is not the leadership environment that we find ourselves navigating.  Instead, it is more of a "white water … [Read more...]

Becoming a Strategic Thinker

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I was recently talking with a healthcare executive recruiter from BE Smith, a major search firm in the United States.  I asked her - What key skill are employers looking for in a leader?  She replied that it is the ability to think strategically.  That is a competency that everyone is looking for today.  Figuring out a winning strategy in … [Read more...]

Retaining Generation Y

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN In the 1960s, there was a song recorded by the group Buffalo Springfield that included the lyrics “There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear” .   I was reminded of this song recently because many leaders share this sentiment today as they look at their workforce.  Over the past three months, nurse leaders have begun to … [Read more...]

Major Challenges for Chief Nursing Officers in 2014

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Balancing optimism and realism, intuition and planning, faith and fact can be difficult.  But that is what it takes to be effective in navigating leadership."  John Maxwell Each year in my Introduction to Nursing Leadership graduate course, my students select a chief  nursing officer in a health care agency to interview.  The students … [Read more...]

Leadership Storytelling

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN There are few teaching tools that are more powerful than a good story.  I was reminded of that the other day when I listened to Grant Baldwin't podcast How did You get into That interview with Drew Pittman, an NFL agent.  We often look at the success of others and never hear the behind the scenes story of what it took to get where they are … [Read more...]