Like most life changing moments, it crept up on me and totally grabbed me. It was the most miraculous event I’ve ever witnessed. I remember the moment it happened as if it was just now. It was 1990 and I was a first year resident in family medicine on a surgical rotation. At three in…
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Turning the Tables – The High Costs of Employee Turnover
Of course every company searches for ways to help their employees be more efficient throughout the day—to do more, do it well, and eliminate unnecessary steps. But how many employers think about what would happen the next day if their best employees didn’t come back? That would negate any efforts at improved efficiency as well…
This Cost Cutting Move Will Kill Doctors, Nurses, Patients
Of all of the cost cutting measures to come barreling down the pike in healthcare, this latest one has to be the worst and most ominous. If fully implemented, I believe the individuals pushing this new workplace redesign concept will be at least partially responsible for the deaths of not only patients but the persons…
Have You Found Your Big WHY — 7 Reasons for Why Not
I believe everyone would love to find their ultimate purpose in life, their purpose for being, doing what they feel most passionate about. Not everyone will. In fact, most do not. Only about 10 % do. Why? I see people living their entire lives laboring away at work they don’t really enjoy, or even hate,…
9 Guidelines to Help Proactively Manage Job Related Burnout
There isn’t a single industry or profession that doesn’t have a detectable rate of job related burnout. Sure, some are higher than others but job related burnout should be avoided in any profession if at all possible. It is the nature of burnout to make an individual feel as though they are locked into their…