Leadership and Teamwork

Sometimes we can learn so much about leadership and teamwork from the way we play a game. Often in our society we focus so much on winning and getting ahead that we lose sight of what is really important in life-each other. In healthcare we often talk about team approaches and working together, but in reality that real team is often what is missing in a practice. Though we do have to think about the bottom-line, healthcare regulations, staffing issues and the list is endless; ask yourself at the end of the day, did we make a difference? Did we really help someone and make their life a little easier?

Over the many years of being in healthcare, we can easily lose focus of why we entered the field to begin with-helping others. In healthcare we really are our brother’s (or sister’s) keeper. While working towards building your team, remind everyone to keep sight of what is really important and what is probably part of your mission or vision statement-serving others.

As a leader in your organization you often set the tone on the team, what type of tone are you setting? Do you set one of focusing on the concept of serving others as a team? What is your focus? Is it of improving the balance sheet or of overall improvement? Sometimes we can learn from a game on what is really important.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKUaLlK776s.