Understanding leadership

Understanding leadership

Picture this, you are in an interview for your dream job. The panel chair states, “This is the last question.” As you quietly sigh with relief, they follow with, “Describe your leadership style, and what makes you an effective leader?” Your mind goes blank, and then a corporate word salad enters your brain – bureaucratic,…

Leadership Faculty

Leadership Faculty

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) Leadership Faculty links nurses who have an interest in Leadership. The aim of the Leadership Faculty is to provide opportunities for members to enhance their leadership skills and knowledge through mentorship, networking and sharing current evidence-based research and best practice guidelines. Members will share experiences and learnings with their…

Why all nurses are leaders

The word leadership is used frequently, but do we actually know what it means to be a leader? The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) believes there are many ways to display leadership. With this in mind, we asked some of our Emerging Nurse Leaders (ENL) to provide a short response on what leadership means to…

Mentor

An inside look into mentorship: PART 1

A major aspect of ACN’s Emerging Nurse Leader program is creating valuable professional and mentor relationships. In this two-part blog series you’ll hear from from our ENL, Emma Bugden MACN and her mentor Lieutenant Anthony Russell MACN on what this mentorship meant to each of them. The mentor’s experience By Lieutenant Anthony Russell MACN, Senior Nursing…