By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "All great leaders communicate in the same way. They always start with the Why". Simon Sinek I was recently talking with a Chief Nursing Officer about meetings that she was holding with staff to talk about the new direction that the organization was taking. A young nurse stood up during one of the information meetings and said - … [Read more...]
The Trust Edge in Nursing Leadership
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Trust is like change in a leader's pocket. Each time you make a good leadership decision, you earn more change. Each time you make poor decisions, you pay out some of your change to the people." I was recently talking with a young nurse who was considering leaving her organization. She told me that although she enjoyed her work, she … [Read more...]
Major Challenges in Executive Nurse Leader Roles Today
By Rose O. Sherman "Balancing optimism and realism, intuition and planning, faith and fact can be difficult. But that is what it takes to be effective in navigating leadership." John Maxwell Each year in my Introduction to Nursing Leadership graduate course, my students select a chief nursing officer in a health care agency to interview. The students have a list of … [Read more...]
Leading in Crisis Situations
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common; it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership."- John Kenneth Galbraith Last week, all of us were riveted in watching the crisis that unfolded in the Northeast … [Read more...]
Learning from our Life Experiences
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." Oliver Wendell Holmes I recently spoke with a nursing colleague who is recovering from a serious illness. When I asked her how she was doing, she told me that the past year had been a very difficult one for her. "I have felt very vulnerable and out … [Read more...]
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