March 15th, 2021
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 ...
February 25th, 2021
I recently spoke with a CEO, who was venting his frustration over their poor patient satisfaction scores. He gave me a whole list of best practices they had tried, but didn’t stick. Hearing this once or twice a week in ...
January 9th, 2020
Posted by Kristin Baird
With more than two decades working in the patient experience arena, I’m still amazed at how many healthcare leaders are still chasing patient satisfaction scores without looking for the underlying cause.
Let me compare this approach to a ...
November 21st, 2019
Posted by Kristin Baird
We help organizations maneuver culture change. And the difference between the ones who succeed and those who struggle comes down to a couple of significant factors. For one thing, the most successful organizations realize that culture change ...
October 10th, 2019
Posted by Kristin Baird
I recently did a presentation to healthcare marketers and played a game of “Never have I ever” to kick it off. Participants were asked to self-disclose several things, like whether or not they knew the current patient ...
October 8th, 2019
Posted by Kristin Baird
It’s not uncommon for us to get requests to do organization-wide training to fix service issues. It would be easy for us to march in and do the requested training and head home. We wouldn’t do anyone ...
August 22nd, 2019
Posted by Kristin Baird
If only a culture change could be set as an appointment on a calendar. You can plan out what the culture will be and announce when it would take place. Done.
In truth, culture changes take time. Cultures ...
November 21st, 2018
My team and I have been on the road doing culture assessments for various health systems recently and have found some common denominators among the organizations that struggle with engagement, patient satisfaction and financial performance.Among other things, these cultures don’t ...