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Early in my career, I had the privilege of working with a highly progressive leader who saw the immense value in coaching to support growth. At the time, I remember feeling young and invincible, but incredibly overwhelmed. Looking back, I was also extremely naive. As I sat with my executive coach for our first session, I remember the details of room and view from beyond the window. I had no idea at the time what I was getting myself into or how profound the coaching experience would be for me.
By Julie Klein, MHA, BSN, FACHE and Barb Ward
Nurses have always served a critical role in the care of patients, but never before have circumstances illustrated so clearly how much nurses do to make a difference.
By Laurie Cure
A question was posed to me this week. . . “How do businesses stay competitive in these rapidly changing times?” Competition assumes a variety of definitions and is often considered to mean your status or position relative to others who serve a similar market or have a similar product. While it is worthwhile to consider your “market” competition, in times like these, many businesses are simply searching for ways to achieve sustainability for their business entity(ies).
We are transitioning again. For some of us, we are experiencing the somewhat predictable seasonal transformation from summer to fall. For others, add on the startup of a very different school year that is challenging every ounce of our hope, patience, and understanding. Local, state, and federal decisions are being made by the hour that redirect our attention. Stop. Go. Stop again. It is an election year. Maybe a job change, marriage, or the birth of a baby. News feeds are constantly bombarding us with angles and direct hits of the fires ravaging our land and racial discourse ravaging our souls. Everything is calling for action. If you are feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, you are not alone. Life ramped up.
By Katie Cure
“Pico Iyer once said that “it’s the rest in a piece of music that gives it resonance and shape.”
The importance of the musical rest is overlooked by many. For some, it is merely the separation of notes. But to musicians, it is the entirety of the piece. Without the rest, you cannot make music.
Most of us are entering month six of our first global pandemic. We could never have anticipated, back in March, how long we’d endure this upheaval (and, of course, we don’t yet know) or how it might impact our daily lives. Chances are, we tuned into our employees back then, asking about and listening to what they needed, shifting from office to work-at-home environments or bolstering them to keep showing up at work in challenging and frightening circumstances. But the months have marched on, summer is over now, and we’re still in the midst of this crisis. Different realities are setting in as we understand that this is a marathon, that we have to plan for the long haul. Are you, as a leader, still aware and connected to your people? Do you know what your employees need now?