Do you want engaged, enthusiastic people in your organization? Changing your approach on just a few things can make a huge difference: Consider the possibility that you have something to do with how engaged or disengaged your people are. Ask yourself, when’s the last time you asked your employees or members for their input or … [Read more...]
How do I get our Board on-board?
Putting together a well rounded board of directors.We receive questions like this from across the country, and sometimes across the world, with very similar challenges - so don’t feel that you’re alone. Creating engagement with many stakeholders can feel like an impossible task. You not only have a board, but you have clients (or patients), staff … [Read more...]
Why do organizations tend to be so negative?
"That's never going to work", "We've tried that before", "The problem is..." Does this sound familiar? Do your good ideas get shot down before you or others have a chance to finish a sentence? It only takes a few times before people start feeling unappreciated and develop an attitude of "Why bother?". Research has shown people and … [Read more...]
Slow down to speed up.
"I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive." - Joseph Campbell When's the last time you felt truly alive or were in the present moment experiencing life vs. hurrying, frantically trying to get it all done? Most professionals today struggle to stay ahead of the game … [Read more...]
Are you taking care of you?
All too often self-care is the first thing to go when we are under stress. It can feel frivolous or like a luxury when there are so many things demanding our attention. We implore you to reconsider that thinking. The MOST IMPORTANT element for peak performance to occur is physical and mental well-being. Study after study has shown this to be … [Read more...]
Impact Your Confidence & Power in 2 Minutes
We are featuring a TED talk from Amy Cuddy, a Harvard Business School researcher, who tells us proven methods to increase our confidence and power with simple little tips about adjusting our body language. These simple tips also come with a great story! We frequently talk about how communication impacts our interactions with the people around us. … [Read more...]
Do people hate change?
Do people resist (or hate) change? Your immediate answer might be yes – but let’s examine this belief more deeply. If you won a large sum of money, would you resist collecting your prize? If you had a great idea at work and it was implemented, would you resist seeing your vision come to fruition? If you lost weight, would you resist a … [Read more...]
How Money is Not Your Problem
“How money is not your problem”. It’s your thoughts about it... Money (or lack thereof) is not your problem. It is also not the economy, or people’s failure to donate or any thing having to do with money. I’ll say it again, MONEY IS NOT YOUR PROBLEM. The problem is your thoughts about money or better said, your lack of creative thinking … [Read more...]
EMS Leadership – Not doing it all yourself: Part Two
[If you haven't read Part I, check it out] In order to not do it all yourself you must have reliable motivated people around you that you can delegate to. Consider, if you don't have those people around you it’s a function of how you are leading, i.e., it’s you, not them. This is good news because all you have access to really changing is … [Read more...]
Taking Care of Our Own
Critical Incident Stress Management For Emergency Medical Services Guest contributor: Johanna Flanigan, RN & Retired EMT Have you ever returned from an intense call and felt you didn’t do enough to help that patient? Have you ever laid in bed at night unable to sleep because all you are seeing and thinking about when you close your eyes is … [Read more...]
