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  • Could your team be languishing rather than burnt out?

    In the early 2000’s sociologist Core Keyes coined the term languishing. Keyes described languishing as the region between poor psychological health and complete psychological health (or “flourishing”). Importantly for an individual, flourishing was not simply an absence of mental illness – but more a state filled with positive emotion and functioning well psychologically and socially. Read more

  • Repairing Healthcare Systems

    The First Step There are frequent statements from hospital leaders that ‘people are our greatest asset’ or such-like. But these pronouncements can feel insincere, as the actions do not always match the words. However, with the crisis of mounting burnout and decreasing availability of staff, administrators are now starting to believe their own words. Therefore, Read more

  • Transformation of Organisational Culture

    How can we transform a toxic organisational culture? Use this guide based on what we learn from childhood fairy tales Read more

  • Appreciating Disengaged Workers

    In most organisations disengaged workers are viewed with disdain by leadership. They are seen as being a blight on the workplace, flawed troublemakers, and somehow morally reprehensible. Disengagement is felt to be due to an inherent problem with the individual concerned. However, the disengaged worker can be viewed in an entirely different way – a Read more

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  • Improving Strategic Decisions in Healthcare

    Why is it Difficult for Doctors and Administrators to Agree? A problem within our healthcare systems is an often-unrecognised divide between senior administrators/executives and the doctors caring for patients in the very same organisations. Why is this, when all have the best interests of the patient cohort and the institution at heart? What can be Read more