By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA Did I leave the topic of change hanging? A few weeks ago I blogged about why change is so hard (10 Reasons Why Healthcare Resists Change). Since then I’ve had some of you ask, “Well, are you going to give us some ideas to make it easier?”...
By: Kriss Barlow, RN MBA I think a lot about how to help people feel good about change. Most often, organizations bring in a consultant, like me, to help them make a change internally, such as initiating a new program or growing the staff’s skills. Perhaps it goes...
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA This time of year signals the time to start planting, at least here in the north central states. Gardening is a wonderful journey really, placing small seeds in the ground, anticipating a bounty of blooms in late summer. Seeds only grow,...
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA We’ve all met them… those individuals that just create a connection. We are drawn to them because conversation is so comfortable and the interview leaves us feeling so positive. Is that enough to say, “Let’s hire this person for our physician...
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA Are you a trend setter? Thinking of myself as a trend setter in my personal life- like fashion- is beyond laughable. Clearly, that is not this blog’s direction. I was really thinking about trend setters in our business world. I think...
By: Betsy Finkelmeier, RN, MBA “First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.” — Aristotle If there is...
