By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA
Thanksgiving is here. It’s one day when work takes a back seat to personal traditions including family, food, and football. As Americans, we get a bit retrospective and humbled by all that is right about our country. Through many trials, our forefathers did their part to give us a better life.
For healthcare professionals it is an opportunity to consider those individuals that have offered guidance, support, mentoring or a much needed word of encouragement. Thank you does have a role in our professional acumen and yet, sometimes in the pace of work-life, it tends to be overlooked.
With grateful consideration consider individuals in your career who:
- Showed interest in your ideas
- Recognized you and made sure you were given credit for your efforts
- Trusted you with a big project, a tender relationship to manage, or a high-profile initiative
- Worked to get you a promotion
- Pulled you aside for some council so you could learn from mistakes without having your spirit broken.
Today may be the day to send a note or pick up the phone and say, “I am thankful for you and for your role in my career development.”
At Barlow/McCarthy we are thankful for you. Enjoy your Thanksgiving!