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STAFF RESILIENCE MEANS STAFF RETENTION AND SUCCESS. Deborah Gilboa , MD. What do you need from staff?. Disruptors. Schedule change complaint medical emergency weather delay Staffing problem family interruption DISASTER. Outcomes of Stress. Reactions to Stress.
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STAFF RESILIENCE MEANS STAFF RETENTION AND SUCCESS Deborah Gilboa, MD
Disruptors Schedule change complaint medical emergency weather delay Staffing problem family interruption DISASTER
Preparation • Response • Reconciliation
Preparation • Purpose: • Maintain focus • Improve culture • Prevent burnout • Know your “why” • Of each choice, decision, policy and recognition • Be willing to explain • Be mission-driven: THIS GETS STAFF TO DO HARD THINGS!
Resilience in Practice Build resilience through TRUST
Audit your Culture • Your programming • Your recognitions/positive feedback • Your social support • Your team collaboration • Out of work time • The way your staff views new initiatives
Use Peer Pressure • Use peer pressure for GOOD • -near-peer mentoring • -colleague encouragement • -Drive to fulfill the mission modeled by leadership but verbalized by co-workers
Uncomfortable Unsafe ≠
Response • Lack of prevention is not failure, lack of planning is failure • Every “bad thing” is an opportunity for: • Mission • Stepping up • Practice • Resilience
Transparency Required for resilience • Setting expectations • Changing policies • Enforcing consequences • Managing conflict • Choosing discretion
Reconciliation • Listen • Ask why (dampen judgment) • Empathy • Offer support, require solutions • Idea progress board – especially frontline staff • Recognize the impact of individual managers • Mission driven • See how their work connects to the mission • See leadership live the mission daily