Well-run meetings keep members of unit-based teams connected. Employees, managers and physicians can share information and solve problems face to face.
Poorly planned or badly run meetings, on the other hand, waste participants' time and lead to frustration and cynicism.
This guide will help you plan and conduct meetings that build teamwork and help your UBT make improvements that benefit our members and patients.
What can your team do hardwire improvements you make into your workflow?
What can your team do to improve communication? What else could your team do to create a psychologically safe environment?
There's nothing worse than a pointless meeting. Before you send out invitations, use this checklist to clarify why you are having this meeting in the first place?. Then figure out who needs to be there and what roles they will play. Your participants will thank you.
Use this meeting icebreaker as a fun way to get people laughing and de-stressing before a huddle or brainstorming session.
These checklists will guide you through the opening, running and closing of a meeting.
Add some fun to your meetings and underscore the importance of spreading/adopting best practices with this Hank Lib from the Spring 2015 Hank.
Break up a team meeting with a little fun with this Hank Lib, which features a few sentences about planning for time off. From the Winter 2015 Hank.
Use this meeting icebreaker to get to know team members better. From the Fall 2014 Hank.
Use this meeting icebreaker to get to know your team members better. From the Spring 2014 Hank.