Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

How to Spend Your First 100 Days in a New Nursing Leadership Role

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN When you are selected for a leadership position that you really want, it is very exciting.  While celebrating career success is important, many leaders don't give enough thought to how to manage their own transition to the role.  How you spend your first 100 days in a leadership position can help set the stage for the rest of your tenure in … [Read more...]

Becoming More Savvy with Organizational Politics

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I recently had a conversation with a nurse leader who told me proudly that "she did not participate in organizational politics."  I was reminded of something a wise mentor told me at the beginning of my career which was that "the game you are watching in an organization is not always the game being played."  Her point to me at the time is … [Read more...]

When Leaders Don’t Model the Way

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Knowing that I spent 25 years in nursing leadership with the Department of Veterans Affairs, many of my colleagues are interested in my thoughts about the current scandals involving wait times, cover-ups and performance bonuses.  For a number of years now, I have heard my former colleagues talk about the challenges in meeting the growing … [Read more...]

Why Feedback Fails

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Good feedback is hard to come by.  It is difficult to give, difficult to elicit and difficult to receive".   Sylvia Ann Hewlitt If you ask any nursing leader about challenging parts of the role, the issue of having to give negative performance feedback is high on the list of least favorite leadership activities.  Too often, it gets put … [Read more...]

C-Suite Competencies in an Era of Health Reform

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Many young nurse leaders aspire to executive roles in health care and wonder what key competencies they will be expected to have in this changing health care environment.  A study released in April 2014 by the American Hospital Association titled Building  Leadership Team for the Health Care Organization of the Future provides some … [Read more...]