How Can Healthcare Workers Remain Resilient During Uncertain Times? It seems recently that every time you read healthcare journals or follow stories online, the recurrent themes are leadership and/or staff layoffs and how hospital systems are financially struggling to meet operational budgets and strategic commitments. On the personal front, we are hearing daily about the…
Hospitals and health systems continue to face demanding conditions and financial challenges well into 2023, including increased administrative expenses, a healthcare worker shortage, and increased labor costs. And although there has been a stabilization in operating margins over the past several months according to several industry reports, the trendline continues to show some organizations remain…
“A leader takes people where they would never go on their own.” – Hans Finzel Everyone, at some point in their lives, has built a jigsaw puzzle. Let us take a moment to reflect on that time, as that is where we’ll uncover today’s leadership lesson. OK. You just dumped out all the puzzle pieces…
Having over 40 years working in healthcare with 25 of those as a healthcare executive, I learned many lessons, most of which I wish I knew when I was a young man and an inexperienced executive. Over time, I came to learn that not all lessons are learned in the classroom. Here are three that I…
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” – Henry Ford “Because this is the way we’ve always done it”. Most of us have heard this phrase or a form of it at some point in our lives or careers. It’s like the work version of your parents saying, “because…
The Post-Pandemic Resignation Boom COVID-19 has challenged and changed the workplace in so many ways and we may never go back to operating how we did before the pandemic uprooted everyone’s lives. Namely, the post-pandemic resignation boom has brought employee retention issues under the spotlight. As turnover rates increase, organizations continue to face high recruiting…
Authored by Carol Wesley, RN, MSN/MHA Resiliency. I remember hearing that word a lot throughout nursing school and then during my career. But what exactly is resiliency? Is it something that is inherited, or simply learned over time? Resilience is a useful and highly adaptive trait that is described as the ability to…
Authored by Joe Dorko, Senior Consultant. I was listening to a song on the radio, “See the World” by Brett Dennen when I heard the line, “Now I’m planting trees I’ll never climb.” Then a thought occurred to me…this is how leadership feels. As a young pharmacist, I would take time at the end…
