By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A leader colleague recently told me that she kept a copy of my blog on nurse leaders' mistakes on her desk as a reminder. I wrote the blog in 2018, but everything in it is still relevant, now more than ever, and I have updated it below: Most leadership mistakes are not big failures but smaller mistakes that they often repeated … [Read more...]
Avoiding These Top Ten Leadership Mistakes
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN It is always interesting to ask nurse leaders about the mistakes that they have made in their roles. Most leadership mistakes are not big failures, but smaller mistakes that they often repeated early in their careers. Experience is a good teacher but as one seasoned leader laughingly told me, “to be honest, I was not a quick … [Read more...]
Recovering Quickly from Leadership Mistakes
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I recently had a young leader call me and ask my advice about a situation where she had clearly made a mistake. One of her staff told her something very personal and asked her to keep it confidential. Later during a discussion with a charge nurse on the unit, the leader betrayed the confidence. The nurse found out and became very … [Read more...]
The Importance of Second Chances
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” George Bernard Shaw "Will you take another chance on me? " This was a question that one of my former students who had failed out the graduate program asked me. She had begun her graduate work when she was young, immature and lacking … [Read more...]
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