Authentic Engagement: Empower, Appreciate, Listen and Inspire

Are you seeking to authentically engage your staff for the long-run?  The following article by Justin Bariso in Inc. Magazine provides great insight.  Teaching them the skills to succeed and providing an opportunity to contribute meaningfully is a tremendous start! “With a 97 percent employee approval rating on Glassdoor, LinkedIn’s Jeff Weiner has developed a reputation as one of the most beloved CEOs in the world. Weiner recently shared his advice on what it takes…

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JOY IN PRACTICE

Enhancing Joy in Practice and Productivity with a Team-based Solution Improving clinical productivity is an urgent priority for all healthcare organizations. Whipping providers to see more patients is counter productive, but when you eliminate hassles, obstacles to clinic workflow, and minimize EHR admin work, they will happily spend more time on direct patient care. SigmaMed’s “Joy in Practice” Transformation was designed to rapidly improve clinical productivity within the framework of a report…

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An to End to Flavor-of-the-Month

  The story seems so trite it’s almost not worth even going there.   Executives return from a conference hot with a new idea on how to transform the organization; a flurry of hopeful spending and activities ensue that lead to approximately nothing. “The performance improvement efforts of many companies have as much impact on operational and financial results as a ceremonial rain dance has on the weather. While some…

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Engagement – Everybody, Everyday Kaizen

Background How do you transition from a culture of fear to a culture of psychological safety; from control to shared decision making; from disengagement to everybody, everyday engaged in continuous improvement? This is the challenge a 25 bed critical access hospital is addressing through the use of visual management boards. We call them SMART Huddle Boards, because they provide form and function for our daily huddles and bring improvement activities…

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The Euphoria of Team Success

“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”  – Theodore Roosevelt Life and work seem like a constant struggle sometimes and every so often we all wonder whether staying the course is worth it.  But there are moments when everything comes into focus, a higher purpose illuminates the path, and the struggle becomes worthwhile.   A breakthrough improvement team…

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