When seeking ideal candidates, many organizations promote internal talent to leadership roles, which encourages development and rewards loyalty. This practice occurs across almost all industries, especially healthcare and higher education. In healthcare, it is customary for a high-performing registered nurse to be promoted to a unit manager or director position. Prior to being promoted, the …
By Nathan Bachofsky, M.Ed. Embracing community music-making offers a distinctive approach to nurturing a vibrant workplace culture. Beyond typical team-building activities, it fosters cohesion, boosts morale, and enhances well-being while reducing stress. This innovative approach also sparks creativity, fortifies your organization’s image, and deepens community engagement. Supported by research, this unique initiative equips your workforce…
By Nathan Bachofsky, M.Ed. As school leaders, the responsibility to shape the educational landscape extends beyond the individual classroom. To navigate the ever-evolving challenges and drive positive change within their institutions, school leaders must embrace the concept of Dynamic Leadership. Dynamic Leadership comprises several crucial elements, including self-awareness, deep listening, curiosity, empathy, and decisiveness. Dynamic…
What a treat it is to read a book about leadership and discover its robustness for areas of my life beyond work! It is also a challenge to write about a book in which I have highlighted nearly half the passages. Reader beware. You will want to own it too.This is one book I can…
The healthcare industry continues to be faced with so many interacting challenges: rising costs, unstable funding, sustaining an adequate, engaged and experienced workforce, creating a positive patient experience, ensuring high reliability and implementing innovation. Thunderbird Leadership’s Managing Partner, Amy Steinbinder, PhD, RN, NE-BC, agreed to tell us about her work supporting nurse leaders during these…
