Effective conversational stewardship matters. What to know. I read an article recently from Harvard Business Review that stuck with me. It was about the role that great leaders play as conversational stewards. They intentionally steward, or guide, conversations based on three ...
I learned long ago that nothing destroys trust in a healthcare organization faster than when patients and families discover there is inadequate communication between the parties caring for a patient. It can be something small. The doctor increases the diet from ...
You have great people, exceptional systems, and clear goals, but something may still be missing. I recently kicked off Culture College: Leadership Essentials for Creating an Engaged Culture with a cohort of attendees from 76 healthcare organizations. When I polled the ...
Photo Source: HRDQ - https://hrdqstore.com/pages/about-hrdq (And Nobody’s Saying Anything About It) I was working with a team recently, and something was happening beneath the surface that nobody was talking about. On the surface, everything looked fine. People were polite. Nobody was yelling. There ...
Especially when leading remote and hybrid staff. Do you know who said, “Change is the only constant?” The Greek philosopher Heraclitus, who lived back in 535-475 BCE. Imagine if he were around to see how change is impacting us today! Dealing with ...
The costly disconnect between what we advertise and what we can actually deliver Healthcare is notorious for its silos—departments that are hyper-focused on their own work but fail to fully understand how their work needs to link to other departments. Marketing ...
Many hospitals and healthcare systems may be not-for-profit, but that doesn’t mean they don’t want a healthy bottom line. Healthcare organizations are laser-focused on return on investment (ROI) these days as they deal with increasing competition, increasing patient demands, and ...
Last week we talked about the challenges healthcare leaders face in navigating change and bringing their organizations along with them on the change journey. We talked about the importance of tilling the soil to prepare employees for the change effort ...
Healthcare leaders are busy. That doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone, especially healthcare leaders. Healthcare is an industry that has experienced significantly high levels of burnout historically. But burnout has been especially pervasive—and debilitating—since the pandemic. The NIH notes that ...
Wait time has been a measure in patient experience for years. And, for decades, we measured the number of minutes spent in the waiting room beyond the scheduled appointment time. What we learned is that it isn’t always about the number of minutes, but about the ...
