It’s a jungle out there. I’ve heard this, but it’s a completely different experience living it. So how does the jungle transform into walkable paths free from crowding and hanging vegetation slowing progress? The leader, of course, exerting all that... Read More
Sincere praise is always good. It spurs us on. It edifies our work. It strengthens our resolve. It can be expected, or it can be a surprise. It can be public, and it can be private. Many people think of... Read More
The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, written by Sean Covey, is an excellent children’s book. It follows the same seven habits presented by Stephen Covey in his 1989 published The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. I read the original book in graduate... Read More
So a smidgen of my reading for the week included: A Texas Senate Bill Would Revise the State’s End-of-Life Procedure by The New York Times via The Texas Tribune Pretending that You Have Cancer – It Never Really Ends Well by Slate... Read More
Uhm…ouch. Excuse me while I reprioritize…... Read More
Here’s a sampling of my informal reading this week: 3 Ways People Pretend to Work – at Home or the Office by Blanchard LeaderChat Worst Magazine Cover of the Year? Time’s Coverline is Wrong, Grandiose, and Cruel by Slate Following Your Bliss,... Read More
The Article: Moneke, N. & Umeh, O. (2013). How leadership behaviors impact critical care nurse job satisfaction. Nursing Management, 44(1): 53-55. The Big Idea: Nurses’ job satisfaction is correlated with many organizational, financial, and patient health outcomes. The authors of... Read More
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
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