10. “Joy in work – or the lack there of – not only
impacts individual staff engagement and
satisfaction, but also patient experience,
quality of care, patient safety, and
organizational performance.”
Perlo J, Balik B, Swensen S, Kabcenell A, Landsman J, Feeley D. IHI Framework for
Improving Joy in Work. IHI White Paper. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Institute for
Healthcare Improvement; 2017.
16. My take...
Effective leaders maximize human potential
by helping people live their values, creating
a culture where trust and innovation can
flourish...
17. My take...
Effective leaders maximize human potential
by helping people live their values, creating
a culture where trust and innovation can
flourish, resulting in financial growth.
19. Guiding insight #2
People will not change unless
given tools and structure, and
inspired to use them.
20. Guiding insight #3
The best way to help people be
better employees is to first help
them be better parents, better
citizens, better humans.
21. “I got a whole new team and didn’t
have to change the people because
they changed themselves.”
Paul Utemark, (then) CEO
Fillmore County Hospital
Geneva, Nebraska
22.
23.
24. You tell him that we
love our culture and he
had better not come in
here and [mess] it up.
25. “FCH will remain committed
to The Twelve Core Values
in the years to come. These
values are visible on a daily
basis in our hallways and
observable in conversations
with patients, families, and
co-workers.”
26. Your cultural DNA should transcend
any particular individual or position
on the organization chart –
including the CEO
95. If all hospital employees, not just
nurse executives, had taken the
survey, would result be more
positive, or less positive?
96.
97. First the good news
There were not very many
“strongly disagree” responses
to any of the questions.
98. The bad news
There also were not very many
“strongly agree” responses to
any of the questions.
99. Powered by
What percent of total paid hours in your organization are wasted on toxic
emotional negativity (e.g. disrespect, bullying, spreading rumors)?
~17%
128. Son, you’ll be proud
of your old Dad...
Today the boss held
me accountable.
129. No one ever won
a DAISY Award
by being held
accountable!
130. “In the long run... accountability
encourages a culture of evasion,
denial, and finger pointing.”
Richard Farson and Ralph Keyes:
The Innovation Paradox
153. 153
“People who are clearest about
their personal vision and values
are significantly more committed
to their organizations.”
James Kouzes and Barry Posner:
A Leader's Legacy
154. “If people could understand their core
values, they would save years of doubt,
confusion, and misplaced energy as they
try to find direction for their lives.”
Laurie Beth Jones: Jesus CEO
158. We acknowledge that gossip and rumor-
mongering is a serious violation of our
integrity and is profoundly disrespectful to
the target of those rumors.
It takes courage for us to hold ourselves
and each other to a higher standard and
to challenge inappropriate attitudes and
behaviors.
The surest way to promote a centered
culture is with a spirit of mutuality where
we serve without judging – look beyond
the nametag and see the human.
We are determined to persist at every
task and overcome every obstacle and to
never slack off or make excuses for
anything less than excellence.
159.
160.
161. Culture is the personality
and the character of the
organization.
206. “Roughly 60 percent of new RNs quit
their first job within 6 months of being
bullied, and one in three new graduate
nurses considers quitting nursing
altogether because of abusive or
humiliating encounters”
Terri Townsend: “Breaking the Bullying
Cycle” American Nurse Today, January 2012
207. In one survey of more than 4,500
healthcare professionals, 71 percent
tied... abusive, condescending or
insulting personal conduct to medical
errors, and 27 percent tied such
behavior to patient deaths.
Christine Porath: “No Time to be Nice at
Work” New York Times, June 19, 2015
235. BREAKING NEWS
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This just in…
There will not be enough
nurses and other staff to
care for the 75 million
baby boomers heading
for our doors.
237. “A large majority of CNOs say the nurse shortage at
their organizations is moderate to severe, and most
say this problem will become increasingly worse
over the next five years.
CNOs see shortages negatively affecting some of
the most important aspects of healthcare: patient
satisfaction, quality care, and staff morale.”
Worsening Shortages and Growing Consequences: CNO Survey on Nurse
Supply and Demand, a white paper by the Center for Advancement of
Healthcare Professionals, B.E. Smith, and AMN Healthcare
279. Key Success Factor #1
Early engagement of leaders from
appropriate constituencies including
board of directors, medical staff,
and if appropriate unions
280. Key Success Factor #2
Commitment of the executive team
is the primary difference between
real culture change and just
another “program of the month”
281. Key Success Factor #3
Enthusiastic engagement of
middle management creates
expectations within each unit
and department
282. Key Success Factor #4
Assess don’t assume – ask your
people about their perceptions of the
culture, not just whether they are
satisfied or engaged
283. Key Success Factor #5
Have a blueprint and/or a manifesto
that creates a shared vision of the
culture you aspire to build
284. Key Success Factor #6
Establish initiative coherence and
avoid identification of the change
process with any single individual
or program
285. Key Success Factor #7
Keep it visible and tangible with
refresher courses, buttons and
wristbands, physical displays, daily
huddles and the like
286. Key Success Factor #8
Start with a core group of your
most passionate and enthusiastic
“Spark Plugs” then keep growing
the community
287. Key Success Factor #8 (contd.)
Embrace the skeptics,
marginalize the cynics, and
plow through resistance
288. Key Success Factor #9
Collect and share stories from
patients, visitors, and staff
289. Key Success Factor #10
Reach out to the micro-communities
of employee families and the macro-
communities of local schools,
business, and government
290. Key Success Factor #11
Remember that the best way to
motivate people to be better employees
is to inspire them to be better people
by living their personal values...
291. Key Success Factor #11 (contd.)
And that organizational values
determine strategy while personal
values shape culture