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In this podcast, we talk with our special guest Dr. Renee Thompson about the importance of addressing bullying and incivility in healthcare. Renee is a sought-after speaker, author, consultant, and leading authority on creating healthy workforces by eliminating bullying and incivility. She is also the CEO and founder of the Healthy Workforce Institute and has been repeatedly published, interviewed...

In this podcast, we talk with our special guest Cory Jenks about creating a better healthcare culture through improv. Cory earned his doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of South Carolina in 2011. Since then, he has practiced as a retail pharmacist, outpatient clinical pharmacist, and inpatient clinical pharmacist. He currently practices as an Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist...

In this podcast, we talk about the importance of being your future self now in becoming a Thriving, Resilient, and Unstoppable (TRU) healthcare leader. You may or may not know that stepping into the identity of the person who has achieved the desired outcome is something we have been living with for quite some time. But there were a few years where the results we desired weren't coming to fruition...

In this podcast, we talk about the importance of leveraging Planning and Executing as healthcare leaders. We know that effective organizational change requires a partnership between leaders and managers. They are both essential in planning a vision for change and executing the necessary actions to bring that vision into reality. In fact, when Planning and Executing polarity is not leveraged, it cr...

In this podcast, we talk with our special guest Elizabeth Correia about how she committed to making self-care a number one priority in her life and how she stays true to her commitment. Elizabeth is a transformational speaker, author, coach, and Founder of Correia Enterprise, a women’s platform for personal growth and lifestyle design. She has dedicated her life story and mission to helping women...

We are so thrilled to have reached our 200th  episode, and what a perfect opportunity to discuss how good partnerships start with good partners. We know good partnerships are important in business, marriage, or informal partnerships like council infrastructures, interprofessional teams, or even between patients and healthcare providers. In fact, developing a partnership with your team can inc...

In this podcast, we talk with our special guests, Roberta Young and Camie Patterson about the importance of strong partnerships in leveraging the Mission and Margin polarity. Roberta is the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and Vice President of Patient Care at Lake Region Healthcare. She has been a nurse and healthcare leader for over 42 years and has had the privilege of serving many patient populatio...

In this podcast, we are joined by phenomenal leaders who share their favorite "leadership hacks" that help them become more effective in today's healthcare environment. We know that every healthcare leader wants to perform at their very best and make a positive impact on their team and organizations. In fact, most leaders are always looking for new ways of thinking, processes, and tools to utilize...

We’re so thrilled to have our special guest, Dr. Kevin Browne, joining us again for another valuable conversation about some leadership lessons in Polarity Intelligence™. Kevin has been a nurse for 36 years and a Senior Executive Leadership Team member at St. Joseph’s Health in Paterson, New Jersey, and the Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nurse Executive. He is responsible...

What does it mean to become a responsible leader during these challenging times? We know most healthcare leaders have faced many challenges over the past three years. Therefore, becoming a responsible leader in this situation can make all the difference in how it impacts you. In fact, being responsible means being the creator of your own life and 100% responsible for the results you get, whether p...

In this podcast, we talk with our special guest Michele Derheim about her personal experience of work-life balance and overcoming the feeling of guilt as a healthcare leader. Michele is a Clinical Nurse Director for the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Pediatric Rapid Response Team, and Pediatric Dialysis Unit at the University of Michigan’s Mott Children’s Hospital. She started working in a...

We all have experienced times when we feel stuck, lacking movement, and feeling disappointed with our current situation and circumstances. In fact, most healthcare leaders are feeling fearful and uncertain and don't have the energy to continue in their chosen careers or profession that they're dedicated to. However, we may not realize that our attention, fear of change, and the stories we tell our...

In this episode, we share some of the experiences that have shaped us and made us into the leaders we are today. We've been leaders for a long time and we've had a lot of experiences, so it's always helpful to step back and reflect on those experiences that have shaped us or made us who we are today. In fact, this is something we did when we started MissingLogic® and it's something we do periodica...

In this episode, we talk with our special guest Graci Harkema about her journey of overcoming adversity and her advice to find your authentic voice as a leader. Graci is a multi-award-winning international diversity, equity, and inclusion speaker, consultant, and author. She specializes in unconscious bias and inclusive leadership training with Fortune 500 to small businesses within various indust...

In this episode, we talk about the importance of leveraging the tension between Confidence and Humility as a healthcare leader. We know most emerging and evolving leaders are leading and living in a VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) world where we recognize the need for both Confidence and Humility during these challenging times. In fact, both are equally important to have...

In this episode, we talk with our special guest Dr. Katie Boston-Leary about the importance of nurses' health and well-being from the bedside to the C-Suite. Katie is the Director of Nursing Programs at the American Nurses Association (ANA), overseeing the Nursing Practice and Work Environment Division and Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation. Katie shares about the ANA and the effort of the Healthy Nurse...

In this podcast, we share five books that influenced us the most and the ones we have embraced and embodied as healthcare leaders. We know that books are powerful tools to help us grow and evolve as leaders. In fact, reading books is one of the ways to feed our minds, receive inspiration, and even lift ourselves up. That’s why we’ve invested in exposing ourselves to new ways of thinking through bo...

In this episode, we talk about our special guest Elle Ingalls about managing stress through the Pressure-Free Living Method. Elle is a high-performance coach who specializes in helping individuals and groups of any size to up-level their performance without the stress and burnout often experienced by high achievers. For nearly 40 years, she has been teaching mental toughness techniques which are n...

In this podcast, we talk about the importance of finding balance between Holding On and Letting Go as healthcare leaders. We know these are incredibly challenging times and that you are facing things you’ve never faced before or no one has taught you how to deal with them as an emerging or evolving leader. As a result, you rely on what you have learned and experienced in the past about being a lea...

We are so thrilled to share our great talk with our special guest Dr. Sasha Shillcutt about the importance of setting brave boundaries between our personal and professional lives as leaders. Sasha is a cardiac anesthesiologist, a tenured Endowed Professor, and the Vice Chair of Strategy and Innovation in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). She is t...

In this episode, we talk about the three new leadership norms to become a Thriving, Resilient, and Unstoppable (TRU) healthcare leader. We know that norms can be good things and helpful in our lives, but some norms may also unintentionally cause pain and suffering. In fact, these unhealthy leadership norms have been experienced by healthcare leaders for many years. That’s why we are on a mission t...

In this podcast, we talk with our special guest Dr. Robyn Begley about the American Organization for Nursing Leadership’s   (AONL's) latest Longitudinal Insight Survey on the impact of COVID-19 on nursing leadership. Robyn is the Chief Executive Officer of AONL as well as the Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President of the American Hospital Association (AHA). Robyn shares the backgroun...

In this podcast, we talk about the importance of leveraging the polarity of  Self-Reliance and Interdependence as a healthcare leader. We know it’s been three years of COVID-19  and we are now post-pandemic, but we’re still living in a VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) world where we need to be self-reliant and interdependent as we move through these challenging times...

In this episode, we talk with our special guest Dr. Lucinda Maine about the NAM’s (National Academy of Medicine) National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being. Lucinda served as Executive Vice President and CEO of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (ACCP), which is the leading advocate for high-quality pharmacy education in the US. She currently serves as a board member of the Americ...

In this third and final episode of our 3-part series, we focus on Personal Alignment, which is Pillar #3 of our Dynamic Balance EffectTM (DBE) Framework. We believe that Personal Alignment is about living on purpose and aligning your actions with the essence of who you really are as a healthcare leader. In this podcast, we discuss how Personal Alignment and Polarity Intelligence™ help bring out Wi...