Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Doing the One Thing that Matters Most

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By Rose O. Sherman, Ed.D, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Knowing where to spend your time as a leader today is very challenging. With COVID, there are so many crisis meetings that few leaders successfully make it through their task lists.  When we create these task lists, especially during times like these, we can think that everything matters equally, but the truth is that it does … [Read more...]

Recognizing the Nursing Workforce

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN               It is difficult to overestimate the sacrifices that have been made by nurses throughout the world during the COVID pandemic. Many nurse leaders worry that their nurses feel ignored, underappreciated, and somewhat invisible as the battle against COVID … [Read more...]

Ten Things to Stop Doing as a Leader in 2021

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “We spend a lot of time teaching our leaders what to do.  We don’t spend enough time teaching them what to stop.” The above quote from Peter Drucker, the father of modern management practice, is an interesting one and includes an idea that rarely receives leadership development attention.  Knowing what leadership behaviors to practice … [Read more...]

COVID-19: Influencing the Public

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Healthcare professionals struggle to get their messages about mask-wearing and social distancing out to a skeptical public and even their own family members. Interestingly, it is often said that history may not repeat itself but usually rhymes. According to a recently released CNN documentary, the same issues occurred in the 1918 … [Read more...]

Looking Ahead to 2021

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN There are very few years in our country's history that have been more challenging than this one. Many nurse leaders have told me that they started 2020 with great plans and optimism about the new decade. Then very early into 2020, everything changed. Plans were put on hold, and everyone was laser-focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. … [Read more...]