Tuesday, November 22, 2011

How to say it . . .

Last week was the 3rd Tuesday, this is the 4th Tuesday, and that means next week is an opportunity to attend the District G 5th Tusday event at ANW.  I hope you can join us - let me know if I can help you get there in any way.  Open and free to all who want to connect with other members and learn about social media and leadership.  Did I mention it is a free value provided by MOLN - see you there. Call me for help or e-mail. Mike at 763-520-2615 or e-mail link 

On this 4th Tuesday I wanted to post a short piece about LANGUAGE.  At the MOLN Fall Conference I was intrigued by Dr. Mary Chesney's presenetation, Words Matter: Choose Them Wisely.  As a nurse leader I have observed and expereinced that our words impact the outcomes achieved.  I have seen patients and families respond to their primary nurse in ways that advanced healing and health when words were inclusive and welcoming.  I have been with teams that were nimble, effective, and healty becasue the words invited many perspectives and blocked hierarchy.  The words we choose have great impact on our sucess as nurse leaders in delivering models of effective and safe care at the bedside.  My sense is that now is a time when words are especially critical to our work as nurses as we lead teams that are struggling with resource allocation, practice patterns, and system design.

I hope you will reflect on your own expereince with using words that matter. Consider how we might collectively begin to use inclusive team focused words as we advance the voice of nursing at all levels.

My goal with each post is to add value to your membership.  Here is one more short video.  The clip highlights how changing words can create a new and awesome outcomes.  Give it a try - change your words and change your world.



Happy Thanksgiving.  Mike

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Culture

Moving to a new organization, taking on a new role, or facing a challenge are opportune times to assess a team culture and my role in sustaining, shaping, or rejecting the culture. Having recently begun working in a new hospital I have been a forced student of nursing culture.  I'd like to provide a few recent thought  provoking pieces that I have come across related to nursing leadership and culture. 

@ColorMeNurse on Twitter (Marie Manthey) posted a blog on the culture of hospitals and nursing leadership.  The blog post, From Where I Stand, correlates the best and worst of hospitals to the culture of nursing leadership.  The comment from Mary Koloroutis (RBC author) advances the discussion and gave me pause to reflect upon in how I lead culture in my work.

Just this week I used this short video, What is Culture? for its hopeful message that culture is what we make it, it is what we love, it is the collective 'us'.  It provides a decidedly positive and forward looking perspective to shaping culture.  Take a look.

And to plug our upcoming 5th Tuesday event Tweet Camp:  Social Media and Nursing Leadership I would like to highlight that each of these key pieces of content came to me via social media channels.  There is important and relevant material to help you in your daily work of nursing leadership on blogs, Twitter, YouTube and more.  See you on the 29th.

Mike

Tweet Camp

The last 5th Tuesday event of the year is fast approaching and we are changing it up a bit and going on the road.  Tuesday, November 29, 2011 you can join Tweet Camp: Social Media and Nursing Leadership, a one hour dive into social media and your professional life.
Jesse Stremca, e-Philanthropist and social media expert will guide us through the exemplars of the value to your nursing leadership.  We will explore privacy, protection, and productivity expereinces in working with teams, and explain some 1-2-3 steps to get you started in this key area of practice.

Check the Google Map in the box on the right, we will meet at 4:00 p.m. in the Abbott Northwestern Board Room - this is in the main building, just across from the McDonald's on the main floor. 

See you at the 5th Tuesday.  Mike