Tag Archives: Healthcare

Cultivating Our Capacity for Repeated Success

Posted February 12, 2015 by Catherine Robinson-Walker

Most of us are familiar with the old adage that we must learn from our mistakes. But how often do we learn from our triumphs? To illustrate this point, this column explores 2 storylines: first, we follow Noel and her … Read more»

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Love Letters and Mirrors, Revisited

Posted December 02, 2014 by Catherine Robinson-Walker

In January, 2014, I wrote a blog about how much my clients had influenced and inspired my writing of “Leading Valiantly in Healthcare”. The piece was entitled “The Love Letter and the Mirror”- the “love letter” was my frame for … Read more»

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Paying Tribute to Dr. Angeles Arrien

Posted October 08, 2014 by Catherine Robinson-Walker

While it is always a pleasure to write this column for Nurse Leader, this time the occasion is both joyous and sad. In this issue, I am honoring the life of Angeles Arrien, PhD, who passed away in April 2014. … Read more»

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The Power of Executive Presence

Posted July 31, 2014 by Catherine Robinson-Walker

In my work as an executive coach, I have the privilege of working with some of health care’s finest and most effective nursing leaders and their teams. Whether they are at the helm of large organizations, or serving as managers … Read more»

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Leading a Team That’s Disengaged

Posted June 12, 2014 by Catherine Robinson-Walker

(This article was originally published by Elsevier Inc. in Nurse Leader). At a recent gathering of nurse leaders, one of the participants, Callie, approached me with obvious concern. She began by saying that her team is “checked out.” She went … Read more»

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