Rebekah Ramsey, manager of chaplaincy at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, shares insight into how we can honor and celebrate end of year traditions that may differ from ours.

Living with a disability can be  difficult in a word made for fully able people. Novant Health is encouraging its team member to seek to understand exactly what it is like to live with a communication barrier. The "Different, Different World" exhibit offers participants an opportunity to experience a world with communication barriers for those that are deaf, deaf-blind and heard of hearing. Hear from a Novant Health leader that is profoundly hard of hearing and some of her personal struggles through the her lifetime, as well as participants who experienced the simulation and its impact.

Novant Health Matthews Medical Center President and COO, Roland Bibeau, recounts his personal and professional journey through the ranks of the military and into healthcare leadership. Along the way he encounters many dimensions of diversity and shares how it has enriched his work, perspectives and service to the community.

Differences are what make us unique. In this episode you will hear the story of a Novant Health executive, Melissa Parker, as she recounts her early years with the organization and how she learned to embrace her differences and juggle life as an attorney, wife and new mother. Today, she serves as a model for working parents on her team and how to ensure that their unique life and personal experiences are valued and accommodated.

In this episode we talk to Joy Greear, president and COO of Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center. As one of the newest facilities of Novant Health, Joy discusses the focus on diversity and inclusion as they prepared to open its doors to the Mint Hill community.

As a bonus, we invite you to hear more about each of Novant Health's 12 Business Resource Groups (BRGs). You'll also hear from some of our BRG leaders sharing who they are and why they joined as well as examples of some of the remarkable work happening within these groups. For more information on BRGs at Novant Health, email us at [email protected].

Novant Health has a robust diversity, inclusion and health equity program. At the core are our BRGs or Business Resource Groups. These groups, comprised of Novant Health team members, are highly engaged across the health system and within our communities. They are doing critical work that benefits us all from patients to team members to the community. We invite you to learn more in this podcast!

You'll learn more about the mosaic of similarities and differences that make us stronger. Piece by piece we are telling the stories of the beautiful mosaic of Novant Health.