Organizational leaders these days almost universally claim their commitment to a culture that nurtures and supports talent, innovation, engagement and loyalty. Yet many of these same leaders are, in fact, operating in environments that are more toxic than supportive. The Trouble ...
Coaching is a vital skill for leaders at all levels and is essential to achieving optimal performance of your team. Great coaches are made, not born. They learn and apply the skills needed to be a good coach. Sure, you ...
What makes some organizations rise to the top, while others struggle? This is a question we consider each time we assist our partners in implementing best practices. One thing that is certain, is that culture plays an enormous role in ...
How you lead in 2021 will be crucial to your team and your own leadership trajectory. Nothing puts a leader to the test more than a crisis, especially when that crisis lasts for months. The COVID-19 pandemic tests everyone, but ...
Review by: Kristin Baird, RN, BSN, MHA Book by Quint Studer Quint Studer has been a household name in healthcare for the past two decades for his work in leadership development and patient experience. In The Busy Leader’s Handbook, Quint has taken ...
A client recently asked me if Baird offered a leadership competency model. The question confused me because every product we offer contains a leadership competency component. I asked more probing questions. I soon realized the client wanted an off-the-shelf set ...
Written By: Culture by Design, Not Default - 3 things leaders must do now When we look back at 2020 I hope that we can look with pride at how we, in healthcare, seized the opportunities while dealing with the danger ...
Written By: Kristin Baird, RN, BSN, MHA There is no doubt that healthcare employees need hard skills to deliver safe, reliable, high-quality medical care. But soft skills, the ones that engage patients and make them feel valued, respected and cared about, ...
Written By: Kristin Baird, RN, BSN, MHA Culture, in its simplest definition, is “how we really do things around here.” Regardless of the written policies, codes of conduct, and wall-mounted plaques espousing values, it is the unwritten rules that, if left ...
Written By: Kristin Baird, RN, BSN, MHA “Perfect is the enemy of good” is an aphorism that is widely attributed to Voltaire, but others have made similar points: Confucius: “Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.”Shakespeare: “Striving to better, oft we mar ...
