The Value of Psychological Safety Leadership extends far beyond decision-making and authority—it fundamentally involves establishing a sense of safety within teams. Simon Sinek underscores the significance of cultivating trust and psychological safety, enabling team members to perform confidently and creatively. Watch Simon Sinek’s TED Talk on Leadership and Safety Why Safety Matters in the Workplace … Read More
Poverty. Death. Illness. Repression. Injustice. These are the issues of global health. It is what we confront, among a laundry list of others, as a part of our daily work and as a part of our mission. Behind all of that is such beauty and joy and resilience…it is breathtaking at times! I remember being … Read More
Adam Grant wrote Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers. I’ve often witnessed an amazing power in collaboration around brainstorming and great ideas. It is amazing when it happens and has led to some of the best work in which I’ve participated. At times, though, managers will need to nudge their teams along when it comes to … Read More
Team-building. Empathy.Empathy as a team building approach We work in a climate of ever-evolving innovation, best practices, and clinical knowledge. It is charged time, indeed, to work in global health. All of that change, even positive change, however, can also usher in a sense of being untethered or a perception that change happens on a … Read More
A great resource for running effective meetings can be find in this aptly titled article: How to Run a Meeting. I’d like to draw your attention to the part regarding the functions of a meeting. In the meeting agenda, I encourage being specific about your agenda items in terms of what you wish to accomplish. The … Read More
Managers Managers as coaches! What an idea! “The single most important managerial competency that separates highly effective managers from average ones is coaching“. What do you think about that bold statement? In the past, I have held positions where many of direct reports were fairly new to the workforce. I spent a lot of my time coaching … Read More
Since the 2016 Presidential elections, I’ve been reading more and more of the work of Marshall Ganz (and wish that I had an earlier introduction to his body of work!). Ganz worked for United Farm Workers for sixteen years before becoming a trainer and organizer for political campaigns, unions, and nonprofits. He is largely credited for the … Read More
I keep a running list of topics that I want to write about and reflect about for this blog. According to my plan, I was going to write about the book Lean In today. But, I didn’t want to. In light of the controversy circling about Facebook and Sheryl Sandburg, the author of Lean In, … Read More
I’d like to share some ideas about what it takes to be a good leader. Leadership. Take a listen to this talk by Roselinde Torres and find her LeanIn questions here. She distills the best qualities of leaders into three elements: 1. The ability to see changes that may be on the horizon and prepare for … Read More
Did you catch this great news? Laughter is not only the best medicine, but it makes us better workers, too! Great news for those of you who (normally) enjoy the water cooler banter with colleagues and organizing the office parties–all of your efforts are justified! I love tips about increasing productivity, but this one is … Read More