By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN What have you changed your mind about in the last two years (about the workforce, about nursing, about the healthcare environment)? It is a question that I usually ask during coaching workshops. The question is designed to get leaders to reflect on leadership opinions or ideas that they have changed their thinking about. It is … [Read more...]
Challenging Performance Reviews
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nurse leaders, especially those new in their role, are sometimes faced with giving staff a different performance review than they anticipated. What follows is a typical case that managers present to me: A Case Scenario Sarah is a new leader on a 30 bed ICU. She is new to this organization but this is not her first leadership … [Read more...]
Giving Staff a Second Chance
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN When should you give staff a second chance if they have made a fairly serious mistake. In some organizations, there are strict policies about no second chances. In other organizations, nurse leaders have more discretion. What should leaders think about when they are about to give the staff member a second chance. Making these … [Read more...]
A Users Guide to You
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Last May I wrote a blog about putting together a Users Guide to You as a manager. The purpose was to serve as a way to help staff learn about you, your style and what you value. I first heard about this idea in blog post by Julie Zhuo who recommended that leaders create a How to Work with Me manual. Since that time, I have used this … [Read more...]
Providing Supportive Leadership
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In a just-released whitepaper, The Great Generational Shift, Bruce Tulgan (a generational theorist and expert) points out that supportive leadership is ranked as the number one job factor that Generation Z (born between 1997 to present) will use in assessing employment options. With a tightening job market, having great leaders … [Read more...]
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