August 5th, 2025
Recognition matters more than you may think: here’s why
Recognition isn't just a nice-to-have leadership practice—it's a retention strategy that delivers measurable results. A recent longitudinal study by Gallup spanning two years found that employees who were regularly recognized were 45% ...
July 29th, 2025
Why crystal-clear communication gives you a competitive advantage
I had a conversation with a healthcare executive recently that stopped me in my tracks. She mentioned that her department was consistently missing targets, and she couldn't understand why her previously high-performing team ...
July 21st, 2025
Why Coaching for Engagement Beats Retention Strategies Every Time
The workforce shortage continues to be a top concern across the entire healthcare industry. Frontline staff consistently voice concerns about working short-handed.
And for good reasons. They’re concerned about the quality of care ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
September 16th, 2024
In the “old days” it was common wisdom that polite people didn’t pursue conversations about politics or religion with others. It just wasn’t done. But, as they say, that was then—and this is now. Today, political discussions in all sorts ...