By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "We create the future and optimize leadership potential in the silence and potency of pausing." Kevin Cashman Nursing leaders today find themselves trying to straddle two worlds.....the world of the now and the world of what is ahead with health reform. There are no clear answers about the right strategies to embrace or initiatives to … [Read more...]
Taking a Courageous Nursing Leadership Stand
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face." Eleanor Roosevelt When your values are in conflict with decisions that you are being asked to make - what do you do? This is not easy question to answer until we confront the situation. One of my nursing colleagues recently told … [Read more...]
Transformational Nurse Leaders are Multipliers
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Last week, I attend the American Organization of Nurse Executives Meeting in Denver, Colorado. One of the keynote speakers was Liz Wiseman, co-author of the book Multipliers. Wiseman proposed that there are two types of leaders which she describes as multipliers and diminishers. The diminisher drains intelligence, energy, and capability … [Read more...]
Three Important Things to Know about Medical Tourism
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN The other day, one of my nurse manager students told me that her CEO had shared with them that a rising trend in medical tourism was threatening the viability of some of their most financially lucrative service lines. Like many nurses, she seemed surprised to learn this. Her view of her organization's competitors had been previously … [Read more...]
Thinking Outside the Box
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN "The creative process is also the most terrifying part because you don't know exactly what's going to happen or where it is going to lead." Stephen Covey Last week, I talked with a group of perioperative directors about leadership succession planning. They had many concerns about the lack of nurse leaders in the pipeline to … [Read more...]
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