Features
26	Just Breathe! The Critical Importance of Maintaining a Work-Life Balance
	Eric W. Heckerson, RN, MA, CHE, and Craig S. Laser, RN, BSN, MAOM
	Focusing on life outside the walls of the office creates more well-rounded, good-natured human beings with whom other people enjoy working and trust.
29	The Role of Nursing Leadership in Clinical Transformation
	Kelly D. Marley, RN, MS, and Donna L. Reck, MSN, RN, CNA, BC, PhD(c)
	Working in tandem with information technology, finance, and physician leadership, nursing must substantially influence any critical path to transforming health care.
34	Risky, Intense, and Rewarding: The Detroit Medical Center's IT Journey
	Pat Natale, RN, MSN, and Donna O'Connor, RN, BA
	Automating core clinical and business operations has become an integral and critical element in the way the multi-center system delivers patient care.
38	Evidence-Based Practice: Creating the Environment for Practice Excellence
	Laura Caramanica, RN, PhD, and Joanne Roy, RN, PhD
	Creating practice environments that enable registered nurses to achieve clinical excellence is an important role of nurse leaders.
42	Time for a Nursing Legacy: Ensuring Practice Excellence through Actionable Knowledge
	Susan E. Ela, Norma M. Lang, and Sally P. Lundeen
	The Knowledge-based Nursing Initiative recognizes the value of nursing knowledge and creates information systems for applying that knowledge to improve patient care and outcomes.
46	Nurse Retention, Leadership, and the Toyota System Model: Building Leaders and Problem Solvers for Better Patient Care
	Karren Kowalski, PhD, RN, FAAN, Kathleen Bradley, MSN, RN, and Sharon Pappas, PhDc, RN, CNAA, BC
	One organization adopted the Toyota System Model so its nurses are prepared and accountable for improving their own work through standardization, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
52	Team of Eagles: The Power of Metaphor in Transformation
	Val Gokenbach, RN, MBA, CNA, PhD(c)
	Metaphors provide another tool for the savvy leader to create shared meaning and improve employee engagement.
Cover
10	LEADER TO WATCH
	Karleen M. Kerfoot, PhD, RN, CNAA, FANN
	Roy L. Simpson, RN, C, CMAC, FNAP, FAAN
	Correction
	The article “Nursing Research Dashboard: A Tool for Managing Your Nursing Research Program” appeared in the October 2006 issue. The authors listed for the article should have been as follows: Linda Harrington, PhD, RN, CNS, CPHQ, Eileen Hoffman, RN, MS, MBA, CNA-BC, Patricia M Allard, RN, MS, LMFT, LPC, Barbara J Adams, BSN, RN, Jacqueline McCourt, MS, APRN-BC, Elaine Griffin, RN, MSc(A), AOCN, Patricia Hamilton, BSN, RN, Katherine Wright, RN, CCRN, and Veronica Cargo, BS, RN. We apologize for our errors.
Columns
4	Editorial
	Globalization: A Future with Promise
	Roxane Spitzer, PhD, MBA
6	Lessons Learned
	Conflict and Competition in the Workplace
	Katherine Vestal, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACHE
8	The Coaching Forum
	Creating a Better Future
	Catherine Robinson-Walker, MBA, MCC
American Organization of Nurse Executives
17	Cultivating the Leader Within