Leadership is all about setting an example and inspiring others to follow your lead. A great leader is someone who is transparent, ethical, and accountable. When it comes to maintaining standards, a leader needs to set clear goals and objectives, ...
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 role in creating it. At one point, I stopped to ask ...
Have you ever felt like you were communicating clearly, only to have someone say, “We can’t read your mind,”? A few years ago, one of my team members held up a mirror for me and exposed a flaw in my ...
What makes some organizations rise to the top, while others struggle? This is a question we consider each time we assist our partners in implementing best practices. One thing that is certain, is that culture plays an enormous role in ...
Posted by Kristin Baird I am a firm believer in setting and upholding service standards. In fact, I first implemented service standards in 1996 and wrote about the importance of them in my book, Customer Service in Healthcare (2000, Jossey Bass). It ...
