Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

10 Ways to Reduce Incivility in your Work Environment

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind".  Mahatma Gandhi If you watch the nightly news or observe what goes on in our political environments today, you may sometimes wonder if we live in a civilized society.  There is a rash of discourteous, disrespectful and rude behavior that is strangely tolerated, and even accepted as a new … [Read more...]

The Introverted Nurse Leader

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “Introverts living under the Extroversion Ideal are like women in a man’s world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are. Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we’ve turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we must conform”   Susan Cain One of my students … [Read more...]

Are Nurse Leaders Responsible for their Staff’s Happiness at Work?

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."  Dalai Lama Several years ago, I had a conversation with two nurse managers regarding the challenge of keeping their staff happy.  The novice manager ,in her first year of leadership practice, lamented that she was unsure if she could ever do enough to keep some of … [Read more...]

10 Common Mistakes that Nurse Leaders Make

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.”   John Maxwell It is always interesting to ask nurse leaders about the mistakes that they have made in their roles.  Most leadership mistakes are not big failures, but smaller mistakes that they often repeated early in … [Read more...]

Creating Psychological Safety in Our Workplaces

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “To create a psychologically safe environment requires at a minimum that you establish trust, boundaries, and a sense of control in the team or social environment.”   Robert J.  Marshak Over the past decade in healthcare, there has been a significant focus on patient safety.  Many tools and procedures such as hand-off communication and … [Read more...]