Mary Breckinridge, Steady in the Saddle: Resilient Leadership and the Frontier Nursing Service

Frontier Nursing University: Distance Education for Nurse-Midwives and Nurse Practitioners
Mary Breckinridge, Steady in the Saddle: Resilient Leadership and the Frontier Nursing Service
What makes some leaders and their organizations soar while others falter when challenges arise? Today, a growing body of literature indicates that leadership resiliency can be the difference between the success and failure of leaders and the organizations they lead. In spite of this seemingly straightforward principle, many leaders are unable to weather the storms of budget shortfalls, disenchanted subordinates, inadequate manpower resources, and complex and shifting organizational requirements. Instead, leaders should develop resiliency by: viewing loss as a gift, nurturing relationships, and cultivating leadership resilience through disciplined practice.
Mary Breckinridge’s life and work provide a historical exemplar of the ways in which one nursing leader applied these principles as she worked doggedly to overcome family tragedies, educational shortfalls, personal health challenges, and seemingly insurmountable challenges of weather, geography, war, and finances to establish the Frontier Nursing Service and the Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery. Through an exploration of Mary Breckinridge’s story, contemporary leaders can find inspiration and guidance to enhance their own leadership resiliency.
Presented by Anne Z. Cockerham, PhD, CNM, WHNP-BC, CNE, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and the Frontier Nursing University Professor of History, as part of FNU's 2017 Virtual Event celebrating National Midwifery Week
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