Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

When a Staff Member has a Difficult Personality

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Dealing with difficult staff can be challenging, especially for new managers. The well known Buddist Pema Chodron has noted that "difficult people are our greatest teachers." The reason that they are great teachers is that when working with them, we learn a great deal about ourselves.  Especially difficult personalities for nurse … [Read more...]

Why a Webcams On Culture Matters

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The COVID-19 pandemic has shut down usual systems of interactions and social distancing is the new norm. As we have trended downward in the number of in-person interactions, it is not surprising that we have trended upwards in online-interactions. Nurse leaders miss getting together with other leaders. It is much harder to … [Read more...]

When You are in a Life-Quake

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nurse leaders tell me that nurses still seem anxious and fearful months into the pandemic.  Some things that by now you would have expected to normalize have not.  While initially, we may have thought that moving through COVID-19 would be a sprint, it turned into a marathon. Everyone is waiting for things to return to normal, but … [Read more...]

When Nurses Are Not Okay

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN "How do we make it okay for nurses to not be okay?" This poignant question appeared in the Q+A during a webinar that I did last week in partnership with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses on the topic of resilience. The chat was lively with a discussion about how some of their colleagues (and some managers) are … [Read more...]

Listening – A Leadership Superpower

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN What is the key to your leadership success?  It is a question that David Rubenstein asks some of the world's greatest leaders interviewed for his new book, How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers. It is interesting how many mention that they believe their listening skills play a crucial … [Read more...]