Is your healthcare organization setting expectations for standards of care or giving suggestions?
Last week I was speaking to a large group of healthcare leaders about culture and the leader’s …
Is your healthcare organization setting expectations for standards of care or giving suggestions?
Last week I was speaking to a large group of healthcare leaders about culture and the leader’s …
If You See Something, Say Something, by Angela Fieler
In July 2010, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched a national campaign to train state and local law enforcement to recognize …
Lead is a Verb, Not an Email By Angela Fieler
I’ve seen an alarming leadership trend lately. I suppose it started when the pandemic required that leaders distance themselves from their teams as a …
Are your phone skills making or breaking relationships before they even start? It takes about 8 seconds to make a first impression when talking with someone face-to-face, but statistics show that it …
Every organization needs policies and procedures to ensure high-quality, safe care. Yet, policies can get in the way of being reasonable if we aren’t careful. When to follow, and when not to follow, …
Even the youngest patients know when their healthcare workers truly listen to them. When my youngest daughter, Hillary was nine years old, I told her I’d be scheduling her back-to-school physical …
Just one gossip on the team can erode even the strongest organizational culture. In fact, gossip is among the top contributors to a toxic culture. Not only does it destroy trust among peers, but it …
Gossip, when left unchecked, is among the top contributors to a toxic culture. Gossip erodes trust and psychological safety of both the individual and the team. And it can diminish the performance of …
Many healthcare positions require a high degree of technical skill, but balancing skill with patient experience is a skill unto itself. This is especially true in direct patient care. After all, if …
As a leader, how you show you care at work can make the difference between an engaged workforce or a team just going through the motions.
The pandemic has changed us all. The way we used to work is …