Michael Grossman has been a nursing leader for over 35 years in a variety of clinical settings. He is certified as a Nurse Executive Advance-BoardCertified (NEA-BC) and Nurse Manager Leader (CNML). He has a special interest in leadership mentoring and career development. Dr. Grossman's doctorate is in management of organizational leadership and his dissertation research was on the impact of emotionallydifficult patients and families on charge nurses. He is an expert in leadership and management whose professional life has been dedicated tobuilding and developing nurse leaders.He has worked in a variety of roles including staff nurse, clinical nurse specialist, manager, director,coordinator of leadership development, and nurse entrepreneur. What's Next(Grossman)14Dr Grossman is a frequent nationalspeaker on a variety of topics includingleadership, change, qualityimprovement, teamwork, and workingwith emotionally difficult patients andfamilies.

He earned his doctoral degreein management of organizationalleadership from the University ofPhoenix. He is a graduate of WidenerUniversity where he received his BSNand MSN in Emergency and CriticalCare nursing. He also has a BA fromTemple University in Psychology.Dr. Grossman is a certifiedfacilitator of Stephen Covey's The 7Habit's of Highly Effective People,Kerry Patterson's CrucialConversations, and a nationalexaminer for the prestigious MalcolmBaldrige Quality Award.