December 14th, 2021
Turnover and the great resignation are all over the headlines these days. According to McKinsey, we’re amid a “turnover tsunami” affecting workers at all career levels and wage rates.
One of the biggest reasons for the high resignation rate is the ...
November 18th, 2021
Burnout isn’t a new phenomenon in healthcare, but in the last 20 months, the issue has been brought to the forefront. It’s so prevalent the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) has classified it as an occupational phenomenon.
Burn-out is defined in ...
October 4th, 2021
We’ve all heard it said that actions speak louder than words. But when you think about it; your organizational culture speaks louder than any ad, recruitment brochure, annual report or mission statement. It’s your culture that drives employee behaviors, determines ...
September 27th, 2021
Words matter. They always have and always will. Words shape culture and can take on their own lives if we aren’t careful. That’s why it’s vital for healthcare leaders to be aware of using, and ignoring, drama words.
Years ago, ...
September 16th, 2021
Culture by Design: Three Steps to Make it Happen
The phrase “culture is king” is thrown around quite a bit in business circles and yet, if you talk to healthcare leaders, you’ll find that there aren’t many who feel that their ...
September 9th, 2021
The Art of Storytelling for Leaders – 4 Steps to Structure Compelling Stories
Storytelling has long been an essential part of leadership because of the role it plays in sharing customs and reaffirming values. But even more important, stories have a ...
September 2nd, 2021
Training that Sticks: 4 Simple Steps to Achieving Great ROI
Leaders often tell me that their customer service training didn’t work. What they mean is that it didn’t result in improving patient satisfaction scores. This is the typical indicator used for ...
August 26th, 2021
Are You the Roadblock to Innovation and Progress?
Pick up any business journal and you’ll likely find an article or two on the importance of innovation. But are you and your organization really fostering innovation?
None of us wants to believe that ...
August 24th, 2021
With Nursing Shortages, How are You Ensuring Retention?
For years, healthcare leaders have been concerned about a nursing shortage, but COVID has brought the deficit to critical levels. In a recent article in the New York Times, author Andrew Jacobs sheds ...
August 19th, 2021
3 Questions to Ask Before Assuming Bad Attitude
I was coaching a new manager who said she was getting really frustrated with the bad attitudes of her team. She wanted them to deliver better customer service and felt they were being ...