By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN This past week, I taught a healthcare certificate program. One of the topics that we always discuss is next steps in career planning. It is always interesting to me how some leaders are able to be so much more effective in achieving their career and professional goals than others. Research indicates that many of us begin with good … [Read more...]
Making Your Career Goals Known
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I was recently talking with a former student who expressed frustration because her organization was going to an outside recruitment firm to recruit for a position that she is interested in applying for. Evidently, the senior leadership has indicated that there are no internal candidates. I asked her to tell me how explicit she had been in … [Read more...]
When Your Manager does not Support Your Career Goals
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "No one can make us feel inferior without our consent" Eleanor Roosevelt It happened again last week. One of our young, rising star nurse leader graduate students came to talk with me about a dilemma she was having at work. We had just met earlier in the day with her mentor who is a senior leader in her organization. The mentor was … [Read more...]