March 31st, 2025
Negative self-talk is a mood killer
Leaders are made, not born. It’s no secret that leadership skills must be learned and developed, with a strong focus on interactions and relationships with others. However, one of the most critical relationships every leader ...
March 25th, 2025
Whether employees, providers, or patients, it’s not okay
“Members of Gen Z are lazy and entitled.”
“Millennials are narcissistic and unreliable.”
“Baby boomers lack technology skills and are averse to change.”
These are just a few of the ageist remarks I have heard from ...
March 3rd, 2025
Healthcare organizations are finding themselves in a bit of a quandary these days as they deal with staffing shortages and increasing patient demands. They’re also finding themselves in an environment marked by rapid technological advances—like generative AI (GenAI)—and increasing competition ...
February 4th, 2025
That first day on the job marks a critical touchpoint in an employee’s tenure with your organization. How they are welcomed and introduced to their new colleagues and new responsibilities sets the stage for their entire employee journey.
Unfortunately, this important ...
January 3rd, 2025
Employee engagement surveys are a common tool used across all industries to gather
feedback from employees. But many organizations complain that they have a hard time
getting employees to provide their input.
There’s a very simple reason for that.
Lack of Response Leads to ...
November 20th, 2024
You’re likely familiar with top-down communication and bottom-up communication, but there’s another form of communication that you’re probably not as familiar with—lateral communication.
Lateral communication is the communication that takes place in organizations between individuals or departments operating at the same ...
October 29th, 2024
Healthcare labor shortages are nothing new. In fact, we’ve been grappling with shortages of various kinds for many years. Demand ebbs and flows as does the availability of qualified candidates.
But the situation has become more challenging in recent years for ...
October 15th, 2024
We talk often about the importance of organizational values and espoused culture
matching employees’ reality. Saying you’re committed to supporting employees and
providing a healthy work-life balance isn’t the same as actually demonstrating that those
values are real.
The same kind of disconnect can, ...
September 30th, 2024
In our last blog post we took a look at skills gaps that are impacting industries including healthcare, making it difficult to fill key roles. Here we take a look at a seemingly contradictory trend in healthcare: layoffs.
Becker’s recently reported ...
September 23rd, 2024
For those in the trenches, the healthcare skills gap likely comes as no surprise. You’re well aware of the positions you’re struggling to keep filled and the challenges you’re facing in finding and retaining top talent.
But the situation is a ...