By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Argue like you are right ...... but listen like you are wrong" Karl Wieck I was listening to a nurse leader explain a decision that she had made that was not producing the results that she had intended. She appeared unwilling to acknowledge that she had not done enough due diligence or listened to the concerns of others. Like most … [Read more...]
Avoiding Biases in Your Leadership Thinking
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Rarely do we find people who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think." - Martin Luther King Nurse leaders make hundreds of decisions each day. We rarely consider the thinking that is behind these decisions … [Read more...]