Nurse Leader As Coach: Creating High Performance Teams

Nurse Leader as Coach reframes leadership for today’s complex healthcare environment. Drawing on evidence and real-world practice, this presentation explores how nurse leaders can shift from directive management to a coaching mindset that builds trust, resilience, and high-performing teams. Participants will learn core coaching competencies—deep listening, powerful questioning, and curiosity—and how these skills improve engagement, reduce burnout, and strengthen outcomes for staff and patients alike. Practical tools and examples demonstrate how coaching can be embedded into daily leadership practice, even in high-pressure clinical settings.

This event is co-sponsored by NOBC

ALSN & NOBC are committed to designing educational opportunities to prepare nurses for boardroom success, ensuring they are equipped to influence decision-making and drive meaningful change.

Learner Objectives

1. Describe how adopting a coaching mindset shifts nurse leadership from directive management to relational, inquiry-based practice that supports engagement, resilience, and high-performing teams.
2. Apply core coaching competencies—such as deep listening, powerful questioning, and curiosity—to everyday leadership interactions to reduce burnout and strengthen staff and patient outcomes.

Presenter

Susan Hassmiller, RN, PhD, FAAN; SuLu Coaching and Consulting; Cary, North Carolina

Dr. Susan Hassmiller is a national leader in nursing, health equity, teamwork, and leadership development. She spent 25 years at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, serving as Senior Adviser for Nursing and Senior Scholar-in-Residence at the National Academy of Medicine, where she helped lead the landmark Future of Nursing reports (2010; 2020–2030). A member of the National Academy of Medicine and a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing, she has received numerous honors and lifetime achievement awards, 5 honorary doctorates and the Florence Nightingale Medal from the International Red Cross. She is Professor of Nursing at Florida State University and founder/CEO of Sulu Coaching and Consulting.

Nursing CE

This event is approved for Nursing CE with the California Board of Nursing.

Registration

• ALSN & NOBC Members: $25
• Non-Members: $35
• Not a Member? Click here to join, then sign up for the webinar at the member rate.

Cancellation

No refund due to cancellation. All registrants will have access to a video archive if you are unable to attend in person.