Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

The Trust Edge in Nursing Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Trust is like change in a leader's pocket.  Each time you make a good leadership decision, you earn more change.  Each time you make poor decisions, you pay out some of your change to the people." I was recently talking with a young nurse who was considering leaving her organization.  She told me that although she enjoyed her work, she … [Read more...]

Leading Multigenerational Nursing Teams

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Every generation needs a new revolution."    Thomas Jefferson I recently did a site visit with an experienced director of critical care who was serving as a preceptor for one of my leadership graduate students.  She has been in her role for 17 years.  The student commented on her effectiveness as a leader.  I asked her what is different … [Read more...]

Major Challenges in Executive Nurse Leader Roles Today

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By Rose O. Sherman "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 have a list of … [Read more...]

Leading in Crisis Situations

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common; it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership."- John Kenneth Galbraith Last week, all of us were riveted in watching the crisis that unfolded in the Northeast … [Read more...]

Thinking Outside the Box

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN "The creative process is also the most terrifying part because you don't know exactly what's going to happen or where it is going to lead."  Stephen Covey Last week, I talked with a group of perioperative directors about leadership succession planning.  They had many concerns about the lack of nurse leaders in the pipeline to … [Read more...]