By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN In 1999, Peter F. Drucker (whom many consider to be the father of modern management theory) wrote a now classic article for the Harvard Business Review titled Managing Oneself. He made the important observation that we are often our own worst enemies and learning to manage ourselves might be our biggest challenge in the end. Many nurse … [Read more...]
Getting Out of Your Own Way
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I recently had a former student talk with me about the challenges that she was having with her career. I asked her why she thought things were not moving in the direction that she wanted them to. Initially, she began blaming others for what was happening but ended up acknowledging that she self-sabotaged some of her career opportunities. … [Read more...]
Context-Based Nursing Leadership
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN A colleague of mine once took a Chief Nursing Officer position in a community where she had always wanted to live. It was her "dream job" because she just loved the area and the opportunity to spend most of the year outdoors in the sunshine. She had been a highly successful nurse executive in a large academic medical center so she assumed … [Read more...]
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