I recently attended a very interesting and compelling educational session on the topic of innovation and the changing face of healthcare. Much of the panel presentation discussion was regarding AI. The potential is truly fascinating. And then one of the presenters used a term in a discussion about emerging technology that made me cringe: “nurse…
I was planning for the coming work week on a Sunday night recently and re-wrote my running “To Do” list. Sitting back to review it, I found that many of the items I had just listed were carry-overs from past weeks. Other items were no longer important and fell off. There was also a wide…
My daughter purchased “Storyworth” for me for Mother’s Day. Every week, I respond to questions like “how did you get your first job”, or “what is your favorite possession”. I ponder and respond. At the end of a year, these stories will be compiled into “my story”. I have found this exercise of writing my stories to be a…
Hospital life continues to be hard in what I believe/hope is the beginning of the “post-pandemic” period of COVID. At a time when health care professionals are still reeling from the trauma they endured as a care giver during COVID, I think about how to keep our spirit alive. Those in healthcare professions typically choose…
I was out to dinner recently with a work friend and our conversation turned into a career advancement discussion. She was wondering what she needed to do next in order to continue to progress forward. I found myself doing some thing that I love to do: mentoring and supporting a fellow colleague and friend. I…
My son introduced me to Marvel movies and we have shared the experience of watching these together through his childhood and growing up. At the beginning, it was precious time we spent together while watching fights, explosions, and feats that defied the laws of Physics. Then we watched Dr. Strange. As the Ancient One was trying to…
In August 2017, HBR published an article written by Laura Delizonna that I shared on LinkedIn today: “High Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety. Here’s How to Create It”. What a powerful article – please read it and consider how your approach to leadership might need to change or evolve to guarantee success. Psychological safety is…
It is said that the shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line. The business inference is about taking the most direct and fastest route. I think about this quote when driving with my husband – I wish he would use a straight line when driving from point A to point B. When we drive…
Management science has been continually evolving to try to help leaders implement strategies to increase employee effectiveness. Terms like empowerment, team building, and coaching are peppered throughout the literature. Today’s leadership word is accountability. We have all heard it: “you need to hold your people accountable”. As we evolve our approach to make employees more effective, why…
I have a professional colleague who asked me to be his mentor several years ago. He reached out to me recently: “I have a professional question for you – we are about to go through a reduction in force, furlough coworkers, and cut coworkers hours because of COVID-19. How do you deal with uncertain times…