By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN A nursing colleague felt she had made a bad first impression on the new chairman of the board for her hospital system. She was presenting nursing quality information and acknowledged that she sometimes does take too long to reach her key points. The board chair cut her off ten minutes into her presentation and asked her to get to the … [Read more...]
Five Ways to Make a Good First Impression
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “Whenever we have something that we are good at--something we care about--that experience and passion fundamentally change the nature of our first impressions.” Malcolm Gladwell The other day, I was talking with one of my students about her recent leadership job interview. She told me that she thought it had gone okay but felt that … [Read more...]