Month: August 2024

“I’m not cancelling my gym session to attend your pre-work meeting.”    Not surprisingly, this recent LinkedIn post from Stephanie Brown of Creative Career Lab was met with polarizing responses. Feedback ranged from “Couldn’t agree more!” and “Love this!” to “Nope!” and “Balance doesn’t mean selfishness and inflexibility.”  The desire for a healthy work-life balance has become one of the rallying cries for younger generations.  And while this has been met to some degree with headshaking and questioning of work ethics and laziness, the truth is, something needed to change.   Due to their intrinsic interconnection, the ability to achieve a true “harmonious equilibrium” may be a misconception, as highlighted in a recent Forbes article.1   However, a shift in the way organizational culture supports overall employee well-being

“Another meeting?!” It’s a frustration we hear often, especially in health care provider organizations. And for good reason. Staff meetings are often held for the wrong reasons, are poorly planned, and can be just plain boring. But when they are inclusive, open and well-structured, department staff meetings can be one of the most powerful places to cultivate teamwork and trust. Like so many long-standing, accepted management practices, the key to success is in the how and why we deploy them. First, if leaders believe that the primary purpose of a staff meeting is to share information, they will likely continue to be disappointed in the lukewarm reception they get from their staff. Too many department meetings consist of 55 minutes of standard reports, recitation of