Are You Really OK? How many of us answer the greeting “how are you?” with “I’m ok thanks”? Asking this question has become a way of greeting people without any conscious consideration of how we…
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5. Let’s talk about Psychological safety
What is psychological safety? Amy Edmonson Harvard Business School Professor defines psychological safety as: “ Psychological safety is a belief that one will not be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns…
4. Difficult conversations
Let’s talk about difficult conversations and how to have them with a team member. I have recently read Brene Brown’s book Dare to lead which covers brave work, tough conversations and whole hearts. I love…
3. Maintaining your personal and professional networks
I would like to invite you to think about how to maintain your personal and professional networks. Having supportive networks helps you to perform well at work. Many nurses that I work with often struggle…
2. Saying No
Somebody once told me that I was a good nurse director, my response was to laugh as I thought that they were joking. This is probably another blog post about why as nurses we are…
1. So now you are a leader!
First day So now you are a leader! Chomping at the bit to put all your leadership skills and techniques into practice as a manager. I would like to you to pause and remember for…
It’s all about Perspective!
It’s all about perspective when dealing with conflict. It’s all about perspective for nurses when dealing with conflict in the workplace. Maintaining a healthy perspective helps to build personal resilience. Yesterday I was reminded…
Who Cares For The Nurses
The modern day context for Nursing has it could be argued, has led to an increase in stress levels amongst all grades of Nursing worldwide. The rapid development of digital and artificial technology are looming…
Resilience
Coaching Nurses To Be Resilient At Work How does your personal resilience help you as a nurse at work? Coaching nurses to be resilient at work is an important subject in the Nursing Literature. There…