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Have you been more productive during the COVID-19 pandemic or less productive? 

Have your relationships improved during the COVID-19 pandemic or are your relationships more strained or non-existent?  

In Episode #46 of Healthcare’s MissingLogic Podcast we talk about the tension between productivity and relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The tension between productivity and relationships is one that all healthcare leaders must manage well if they want to be successful and thrive as a leader.  

The pandemic has changed many things for healthcare leaders and these changes require us to reexamine and rediscover how we are going to manage this tension over time and over the course of the pandemic.

When you are facing an unprecedented amount of change, numerous challenges, and new rules every day it can feel overwhelming, so this is an extremely important tension to manage.

We hope you will listen!

Email us at [email protected] if you have any questions.  We may use your question on a future episode.

NEW ANNOUNCEMENT!  We were so inspired by the response to our free webinar series that we created a NEW 5-Day Virtual Work Life Balance Bootcamp for Healthcare Leaders.  Registration doors are open!  The bootcamp begins June 8th!  To learn more click here.

We have opened a private Resilient and Balanced Healthcare Leader Community in Facebook to provide a safe space for healthcare leaders to connect, support each other and share their experiences during this time of crisis.  To join Click here.

In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

These are scary and intense times we are in and at the same time there are some wonderful things happening!

In the United States we have been polarized by the differences in our thinking and beliefs and divided in many ways as citizens including isolating ourselves from each other.

Right now, there are people putting those things aside and stepping up and supporting each other. #InThisTogether

In Episode #45 of Healthcare’s MissingLogic Podcast we talk about the interdependent relationship between giving and receiving.  

Without someone to receive there would be no gifts. 

We acknowledge and celebrate some of the ways people and organizations are giving.

Maybe you’re someone who would like to give more and you aren’t sure how or you could be someone who could use some assistance but you’re not good at receiving, either way you will find some helpful insights in this episode. 

We hope you’ll listen!

Email us at [email protected] if you have any questions.  We may use your question on a future episode.

We are hosting a free webinar series, Rising Up Above the Crisis as a Resilient Healthcare Leader, to support healthcare leaders during these challenging times. The last webinar occurs May 20th, Living a Balanced Life Through the Hard Times and Beyond.   To learn more and register go to www.missinglogic.com/new-events.

We’ve also opened a private Resilient and Balanced Healthcare Leader Community in Facebook to provide a safe space for healthcare leaders to connect, support each other and share their experiences during this time of crisis.  To join Click here

In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

Right now, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, it can feel like you’ve lost all control over your life.  

Things feel chaotic, uncertain, and many of us find ourselves facing challenges we never dreamed we’d face in this lifetime.  

Our routines have been interrupted drastically at home and at work!  Where we had boundaries previously there doesn’t seem to be any and where there were no boundaries there are more!

In this episode we talk about how to manage the tension between structure and flexibility, which is extremely important if you are an overwhelmed leader who feels lost in the chaos and constant change, unable to make choices and feel as though nothing’s getting done.  

You want to not only survive this pandemic but thrive as a leader both at work and at home. Thriving leaders manage the tension between having structure and being flexible.  This leaves them feeling safe and with a sense of control in life.  They feel like they are accomplishing something, achieving the goals they’ve established, and getting the results they desire. Thriving leaders can also cope when they are feeling challenged by all the change or restrictions they are experiencing. 

You want to thrive and have those experiences, right?

We talk about how you too can have all of it in this episode.  

We hope you’ll listen!

Email us at [email protected] if you have any questions.  We may use your question on a future episode.

We are hosting a free webinar series, Rising Up Above the Crisis as a Resilient Healthcare Leader, to support healthcare leaders during these challenging times. The second webinar occurs May 13th, Becoming a Resilient Leader During Unprecedented Times.   To learn more and register go to www.missinglogic.com/new-event. 

We’ve also opened a private Resilient airs and Balanced Healthcare Leader Community in Facebook to provide a safe space for healthcare leaders to connect, support each other and share their experiences during this time of crisis.  To join Click here.

In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

This is not the first time we have discussed this chronic tension or polarity.

But work and home balance has a whole new meaning during this COVID19 pandemic.

Society has experienced huge shifts in the workforce leaving the office/organization and working from home to “flatten the curve”.

As healthcare leaders, some of you are working longer hours and shifting work/home placement with other leaders to assure continuity.

The stressors at work and at home have changed dramatically and in unprecedented ways.

The tension between work and home has escalated as the boundaries and rules at work and at home have shifted dramatically. 

 We hope you will join us as we explore the new realities through a polarity lens.

In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

Right now, during the COVID-19 global pandemic, we are in the throes of constant change on the largest scale we have ever experienced as human beings on the planet.   

This is probably the most intense and profound change we will experience or witness in our lifetime.  There isn’t much across the world that hasn’t changed!   

Of course, at the top of the list of changes is social interaction.  But we have also experienced changes in travel, education, housing, shopping, healthcare and work environments to name a few.

 Where there is change there is tension.  The tension between stability and change is natural, universal and a fundamental element of life.  It is always present and in times of crisis like COVID-19, the tension can be intense.

 In what way are you feeling the tension? 

In this episode we explore the tension and interdependent relationship between stability and change at the personal or individual level and how to establish some stability during these times of unprecedented change. 

This is especially important if you are an overwhelmed healthcare leader who feels like there is “no gravity”, is trying to keep staff and patients safe, and at the same time is responding to daily changes in processes, infrastructures, and policies.   

Managing this tension brought on by unprecedented change is a key element in not only surviving but thriving as a leader during this pandemic.

Register for our FREE three-part webinar series Rising Up Above the Crisis as a Resilient Healthcare Leader beginning May 6th. To learn more and register go here.

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In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

We have thoroughly enjoyed hosting Healthcare’s MissingLogic podcast and we want to thank all our listeners for tuning in!

When we started the podcast, we wanted to reach as many healthcare leaders as possible and help them see that Polarity Thinking™ can be applied in almost all situations. So, it warms are heart when a listener leaves us an iTunes review like this one from RD4IPE:

“What a fun and refreshing looks at the healthcare system from the inside out! These ladies bring a critical perspective to the real issues facing healthcare professionals today. Putting on your polarity lens will change the way you see things where you work, where you live and where you play.”

We remain passionate about creating a movement to make Polarity Thinking™ mainstream in healthcare. We know it is needed to create sustainable change and believe it is a competency every leader should have.

After much reflection and careful consideration, we’ve come to the conclusion that while polarities are everywhere in healthcare, we can serve the healthcare community best by narrowing our attention to the personal, professional and organizational polarities that impact burnout and resilience in healthcare leaders.

In this episode, we introduce you to the Dynamic Balance Effect℠. This is a methodology we developed based on over 25 years of experience to help healthcare leaders trade burnout for balance and resilience in their work and personal lives and a methodology you will be hearing more about in future episodes.

As many healthcare leaders across the country support or prepare their organizations to respond to the COVID-19 crisis we will be publishing some episodes focused on personal and work environment polarities being experienced during this time. As we move beyond the current crisis, we will expand our topics to include polarities and other elements essential to a healthy healing organization.

Thank you for listening!

In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

While the burnout crisis is nationwide and impacts all health professions, most of the evidence reported in the literature is focused on physicians and nurses.  There is very little known or understood about the experience of other health professionals. 

We are so happy to have Erika del Pozo on the podcast today.  Erika is an Occupational Therapist and the Founder and CEO of Joy Energy Time, a media and events company, that offers healthcare professionals content and resources around burnout, stress management, healthcare advocacy, holistic wellness and lifestyle.  

In this episode with Erika, she shares with us her personal experience with burnout.   

Erika sheds some light on what burnout can look like and feel like as well as some of the internal dialogue that can occur when individuals begin to experience the symptoms of burnout. 

We also talk about the influence of the healthcare environment, the role of social support, and advocating for yourself.

We hope you’ll join us for this informative and enlightening discussion.

In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

As leaders during this global healthcare crisis, you are experiencing challenges you never dreamed you would face as a leader.   

Right now, when expectations are high, outcomes are critical, and you are being asked to take on tasks and projects you know nothing about, is the time to draw on and lead with your strengths. 

Leading with your strengths and taping into the strengths of others can reduce stress and enhance feelings of empowerment.   

Not everyone has the same strengths and that’s a good thing!  What’s most important is that we recognize and leverage our own and the strengths of others in ways that enable us to individually and collectively achieve the results we desire.

 It’s also helpful to know your personality type and behavior style along with those of your colleagues and family members.  This can give you insights into why you and they act or behave the way they do and why they may be responding to the COVID-19 crisis the way they are. 

If we understand each other more fully we can engage with each other in more healthy and productive ways and support each other during challenging and stressful times. 

We hope you’ll join us and consider how leveraging your own and other’s strengths, personalities and natural behaviors can be of benefit during these challenging times.

In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

The World Health Organization has declared 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife.

We are thrilled to have Bonnie Barnes and Cynthia Sweeney from the DAISY Foundation on the podcast today.  

The DAISY Foundation was established following a family tragedy to say thank you for the compassionate, sensitive, kind care nurses provide. The DAISY Foundation provides a vehicle to recognize and honor nurses for extraordinary care.

The DAISY Award is a form of meaningful recognition of nursing care that focuses attention on what is good and right in healthcare and is a bright spot for nurses in a challenging and ever-changing healthcare landscape. 

This is an inspiring episode that shines a light on how important intention is and how significant the impact can be when we act with intention.  We hope you’ll join us.

In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.

We are programmed at an early age to solve problems. We are taught to examine the alternatives and find the “right” answer/solution, to use our “or thinking” to choose either answer/solution A or answer/solution B. 

In fact, we are rewarded throughout childhood, adulthood and throughout our professional development and careers for strong problem-solving skills.   

But it many instances, as noted by Albert Einstein, “You can’t solve a problem with the same level of thinking that created it".

If you’ve listened to our podcast before, you’ve picked up on our core message which is not all challenges you experience are problems, some of them are polarities and to manage a polarity requires and thinking rather than or thinking. 

In some situations, the challenge is both a problem and a polarity as is the case with burnout.  Burnout is a problem that needs to be solved but underneath the problem is numerous system level and personal polarities.   

As a healthcare leader, if you want to successfully address the challenges you face and achieve your desired outcomes, it’s essential that you develop the skill to differentiate between a problem and a polarity, so you can supplement your or thinking with and thinking.  

We hope you’ll join us for this episode and learn this essential skill.

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In this podcast, business leaders navigate the challenges of high-pressure jobs, tackling burnout, micromanagement, and decision fatigue while honing emotional intelligence, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities to strengthen their leadership identity. Through discussions on leadership development, stress management, conflict resolution, and time management, listeners gain insights into achieving work-life balance, overcoming the struggles of being overworked, and fostering personal growth in the ever-evolving workplace.