Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Lead With Gratitude This Week

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN   We have two powerful tools in our leadership toolbox: gratitude and appreciation. What is so interesting about gratitude is that while you make others feel good, Harvard research has found that thanking others will also make you happier. In positive psychology research, gratitude is strongly and consistently associated … [Read more...]

Dispelling an Outdated Leadership Tenet

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By Rose O. Sherman, Ed.D, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Like many of you, throughout my leadership career, I was taught that nurses don't leave organizations - they leave leaders. This leadership tenet may have been true at one time, but not today. Nurses are leaving their jobs for many reasons, and on most surveys today, their immediate manager is not even in the top five. Yet I … [Read more...]

A CNO Goes Incognito

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN You may be familiar with the television show Undercover Boss, where CEOs and business owners go undercover in their businesses, working at the point of service for an extended period to assess what is happening with people and processes. Their discoveries are often quite revealing. Some Chief Nursing Officers also schedule regular … [Read more...]

Security in Healthcare Today

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Several weeks ago, I attended the American Academy of Nursing meeting in Washington, DC. The growing problem of physical assaults and violence on healthcare staff was discussed with a focus on gun control. Not surprisingly, the murder of a nurse and social worker at Methodist Hospital Dallas was top of mind for many … [Read more...]

An Update on Brenna

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN What are the odds you would talk about a nurse's onboarding experience and then unknowingly have her in the audience when you present a poignant post she wrote on LinkedIn? It happened to me at the OR Manager's conference a few weeks ago. In a keynote, I talked about Brenna's rocky onboarding experience as outlined in the LinkedIn … [Read more...]