Posts tagged with: leadership

From Giant Earthworms to the Blood-Brain Barrier: Nursetopia’s Reading and Education Mashup [Part I]

In reigniting my energies surrounding the Nursing Ideas Challenge (my first article of 2013 will publish tomorrow…Rob Fraser has already published his first), I decided to also share what I’m reading and learning about that’s not particularly “nursing research,” but... Read More

Too Busy for Your Team, Manager? You’re Too Busy.

Managers are responsible to their teams – to be present, to advocate for them, to listen to them, to help them. It’s difficult to be present – both literally and figuratively – while pulled in every direction by meetings, cell... Read More

Death by Status Quo

It’s an insidious, torturous death. I’m neither willing to be its victim nor will I allow its chilling fate for those around me.... Read More

Long-live Your Nerdy Passion

I recently attended a conference that made me smile because each speaker discussed his or her passion. It was evident in their enthusiasm. I smiled because the passions aren’t what we typically think of when we talk about passion. For... Read More

Throwing Up Hands; Rolling Up Sleeves

I go through cycles of giving up and starting again. Tomorrow might be a different story from today. I exhaust myself in work, and when it doesn’t seem to go right, I push the work off again. A weird thing... Read More

Super Vision

I heard someone talk about “supervision” recently. I laughed because the word struck me like never before. Super. Vision. Revolutionary, innovative, compelling – it’s an odd dichotomy from what we typically think of in regards to supervision roles and responsibilities... Read More

Daily Doses of Inspiration and Education

I subscribe to a lot of “daily” emails chock full of news, stories, and yes, even cartoons art. There are two emails that I look forward to currently – one from StoryPeople that contains whimsical drawings accompanied with inspiring and thoughtful... Read More

Dream Together

It’s one of my all-time favorite quotes. It’s true. I hope you make a habit of dreaming with others.  ... Read More