Upcoming Programs

Exceptional professional learning builds an engaged and resilient nursing workforce and helps nurse leaders at stages of their leadership journey succeed in their roles.

Invest in yourself, your team, and your organization by participating in our interactive professional development programs led by esteemed faculty and distinguished thought leaders.

Click here to download our Fall 2025 Programs At-a-Glance

The Nuts and Bolts of Nursing Leadership
Thursday, September 11th, 2025, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM ET via Zoom For Nurse Managers & Directors
Thursday, September 18th, 2025, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM ET via Zoom For Charge Nurses, Emerging Leaders, Team Leads & Clinical Leaders

This highly-rated program offers fantastic foundational leadership training for nurse leaders newly in a leadership role.

Nurses are often promoted into leadership roles with little or no training in the leadership, management, and communication skills needed to succeed. This one-day, interactive workshop is designed to equip new leaders with the key skills and strategies needed to be successful: transitioning into a leadership role; communication and collaboration, including power and authority; resource management; and managing staff performance.

This workshop is offered on two different dates, with each date's program customized to bring focus and examples that are designed for the specified target audience.

Fall '25 Leadership Lunch Series
Fridays: Sept. 19th, Oct. 17th, Nov. 21st, and Dec. 19th, 2025, 12:00-1:30 PM ET via Zoom
For nurse leaders at every stage of their leadership journey

ONL's Leadership Lunch Series is a four-part, interactive, live educational program in which nurse leaders and nursing teams learn and gain inspiration from our remarkable faculty lineup who share diverse perspectives ranging from big-picture thinking to tactical, actionable strategies. During each session, participants spend 90 minutes hearing from a different nationally-recognized distinguished thought leader via Zoom, with protected time to enjoy their lunch!

This program offers something for everyone at all levels of leadership and is a great way for organizations to invest in their nursing teams. When viewed as a team, this program serves as a jumping off point for internal discussion of the ideas shared and collaboration on application and strategies for implementation.

Topics and speakers for the Fall 2025 series include:

• 9/19 - Building and Rebuilding Trust: Key Strategies for Nurse Leaders, Cynda  Rushton, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, FAAN
• 10/17 - Navigating a Leadership Career, Ena Williams, PhD, MBA, RN, CENP
• 11/21 - When Science Failed Clinical Practice: A Tale of Culture Eating Patient Safety for Lunch, Beth Duthie, PhD, RN, CPPS, FAAN
• 12/19 - Leading With Love, Syl Trepanier, DNP, RN, CENP, FAONL, FAAN

Essential Leadership Skills for Charge Nurses
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM ET via Zoom
For current and aspiring charge nurses

Led by Dr. Crystal Lawson, this interactive virtual workshop equips and empowers new and aspiring charge nurses with the essential leadership skills needed to be effective and successful across key aspects of the charge nurse role, including promoting quality outcomes, cultivating a healthy work environment, and fostering teamwork. Participants gain practical tools and strategies that can be put to use immediately on their unit.

ONL 2025 Fall Quarterly Meeting
Friday, September 26th, 8:30 AM-12:00 PM ET via Zoom
For nurse leaders at every stage of their leadership journey

Join us at ONL's Fall 2025 Quarterly Meeting for an informative, inspirational, and interactive program you and your team will not want to miss! This virtual program will include a keynote presentation by Dr. Jeff Doucette, Chief Nursing Officer for Press Ganey, on Improvements in Safety Culture: Better Patient and Staff Outcomes as well as ONL's Business Meeting.

Financial Management and Business Essentials for Nurse Managers and Directors
Wednesdays, October 8th & 15th, 2025, 9:00 AM-12:30 PM ET via Zoom
For nurse managers and directors who want to hone their financial skills and build their business acumen

Financial management skills and business acumen help nurse managers and directors excel in their roles, maximize their impact, and continue to grow in their careers in the modern, ever-evolving healthcare environment. This interactive, two-part program is designed to prepare and empower nurse managers and directors who want to hone the essential financial management skills they need to be successful and enhance their business acumen.

Building Bridges, Not Walls: Leading Multi-Generational Nursing Teams
Thursday, October 30th, 2025, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM ET via Zoom
For nurse leaders at every stage of their leadership journey

Nursing teams today span multiple generations, each with distinct attitudes, communication styles, and workplace expectations. For nurse leaders, this presents both a challenge and an opportunity: to bridge generational divides, foster collaboration, and lead teams that thrive. Led by Dr. Rose Sherman, this highly interactive workshop provides actionable tools and strategies for leaders at all levels to help their multigenerational nursing teams build bridges— not walls—as they work together to provide care.

Succeeding in Difficult Conversations: Strategies for Nurse Leaders
Wednesday, November 5th, 2025, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM ET via Zoom
For nurse leaders at every stage of their leadership journey

Difficult conversations are part of every leadership role, and feeling confident in challenging conversations takes practice. In this interactive workshop, Dr. Crystal Lawson will offer practical tools to empower nurse leaders to succeed in executing difficult conversations, reduce anxiety about giving feedback, and gain confidence in managing performance while also demonstrating respect.

Quality and Patient Safety Foundations: What Nurse Managers and Directors Need to Know to Make Sense of the Quality Data to Inform Action
Wednesday, November 19th, 2025, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM ET via Zoom
For new nurse managers and directors

Nurse leaders are bombarded with data from many sources. Before information can be turned into action, nurse managers and directors need to be able to make sense of the data understand the "why" behind the numbers. This interactive, full-day workshop will prepare new nurse managers and directors to understand and act on their unit's quality and patient safety data. Participants will leave feeling empowered with new knowledge and skills to actively engage in quality initiatives that lead to more effective and sustained improvements.

ONL 2025 Winter Quarterly Meeting
Friday, December 12th, 8:30 AM-2:45 PM ET at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel and Conference Center
For nurse leaders at every stage of their leadership journey

Speakers and program details soon to be announced.

Nursing Leadership in the New World of Work: Strategies and tools for every level of leadership
Wednesday, December 17th, 2025, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM ET via Zoom
For nurse leaders at every stage of their leadership journey

The turbulence of the last five years has impacted healthcare delivery systems and the nursing workforce. Nursing leaders are working tirelessly to pick up the pieces and navigate the new world of work. In this workshop, Dr. Rose Sherman will share what nurse leaders need to do differently to effectively lead in this new world of work with actionable strategies and tools that can be put into practice immediately. Participants will learn how to become a more effective communicator, restore trust, promote professional accountability, encourage engagement, and build a cuture of well-being on their nursing teams.