Reports and Guides

Format:
Word

Size:
Two pages, 8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
UBT co-leads

Best used:
Use this tool for process improvement work, using the three fundamental questions of the Rapid Improvement Model. Help team members name their improvement goals, decide what measures they will use to determine whether there is improvement and identify changes they can make to lead to an improvement.

Format:
PDF

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience: 
Meeting planners, team leaders and support staff

Best used: 
Inspire your team to hold better, healthier meetings with these tips on activities, snacks and green products.

Format:
PDF (15 or 3 pages)

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience: 
UBT sponsors, co-leads and members; KP and union leaders

Best used: 
To help unit-based team leaders and sponsors—and UBT members—better understand five elements that enable team performance and development.

Two options for reading:

• The 15-page study by Rutgers University, Johns Hopkins and Kaiser Permanente researchers identifies five key enablers of unit-based team performance and development: leadership; line of sight; team cohesion; processes and methods; and infrastructure and support. The report includes examples of successful team practices in each area. It includes an executive summary and conclusions.
• The 3-page executive summary of the study provides an overview of the findings, focusing on the five enablers of high performance. A good choice for those wanting a quick takeaway of these issues and for teams wanting to address issues raised by the study.

Format:
PDF

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience: 
UBT co-leads, administrators and their proxies

Best used: 
When you need to enter performance improvement data in UBT Tracker, keep this easy guide at hand. 

Need more? 
For basic information about signing on and getting team information, check out the UBT Track At a Glance: View Team Info. You can also download the complete UBT Tracker User Guide. 

Format:
PDF 

Size:
8.5" x 11" (7 pages)

Intended audience:
Workers, managers and physicians working in partnership

Best used: Learn about the key provisisions of the 2005 National Agreement.

Format:
PDF

Size:
57 pages; 8.5"  x 11"

Intended audience:
Unit-based teams and UBT and performance improvement consultants and facilitators

Best used: 
Download and print the guide to use in team huddles and meetings, or at consultant and facilitator coaching sessions. This booklet provides detailed instructions on using UBT Tracker.

You may also be interested in: 
Five tip sheets that cover the basics on how to use UBT Tracker and get the most out of it.

Format:
PDF

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Managers, Workplace Safety staff and unit-based teams working on reducing the number of workplace injuries

Best used:
Share this 11-page presentation of proven safety practices at meetings, in huddles and at other gatherings to accelerate improvement in workplace safety.