Often when leaders in organizations start hearing topics related to emotion, they commence to slowly backing away. Why is this? There has been a stigma to talking about anything that alludes to emotion including skillsets like emotional intelligence,...
" Saying 'we care about you' then gaslighting us when we tell you our concerns completely destroys our trust and faith in you as an organization " ~Anonymous Doctor I am often asked what does psychological safety in healthcare have to do with health ...
"What destroys trust is when a hospital says 'we value you' and then in the same breath asks you to justify your worth by doing additional work unpaid" ~ Dr. A As physicians, we are committed to providing the highest quality of care and safety to our...
"In medicine, vulnerability is considered weak. We are told things like 'leave your feelings at the door'. There are no room for mistakes, and God forbid we do not know the answers to something… then our entire 12 + years of training is questioned. I...
As a physician, I was conditioned to put myself last. This long-standing tendency likely began way before I hit medical school, but certainly my training reinforced it. I was an oldest child personality natural born caretaker, and while medical schoo...
I often say that Communication is 7% what you say and 93% everything else. But that doesn't mean words aren't important. In fact, they are incredibly important. Words are the encodings of our thoughts and feelings. Furthermore, the way we use words c...
Like many other important initiatives and movements, psychological safety is becoming a trend. However, as seen with other movements, it doesn't take long for people to begin misusing terms and using them to center themselves and manipulate others ta...
Quiet quitting is a subtle, but significant, problem that many organizations are grappling with today. Unlike traditional resignations where employees formally submit their notice, quiet quitting happens under the radar. Employees who quietly quit be...
As a recovering conflict-avoidant, people-pleasing, feelings-avoidant introvert, having difficult conversations can be extremely challenging before, during, and afterwards. If in addition to that one happens to also be a highly sensitive processor wh...
Leading is hard and there is no handbook. Yet, growing research is showing that the old ways of leading are not as effective and more likely to be harmful to our employees over time. However, the evidence shows that even if the employee becomes succe...
