Why Introverts are Vital to the Health Care Team

Why Introverts are Vital to the Health Care gruppeIf youve spent any time in the industry, you know that the typical state of any health care facility is controlled chaos patients stream in and out in need of attention, while doctors, nurses, assistants, and techs all work together to keep the machine running. If you thrive on solitude, can you make it in this profession? googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display(div-gpt-ad-1472832388529-0) ) There has been a lot of talk lately about the role of introverts in society (people who feel more comfortable focusing inward on thoughts and feelings rather than outward on interactions with others). Popular opinion used to be that you were doomed if you werent commanding and outwardly confident.But people are starting to realize that introspection is a very valuable professional skillespecially in medicine, when dealing with the important topic of patients health.Starting in undergraduate school, and then through professional studies, i ntroverts learn to rely on themselves to weather the fruchtwein challenging storms. Building up a quiet confidence comes in extremely handy when life-or-death challenges are thrown your way in the working world.You also have a skill set the more social of your peers struggle with the ability to tap into the more emotional and sensitive side of patients.In fact, if you identify as an introvert you likely will not only surviveyou will thrive in patient relations, one of the toughest parts of the job.Embrace your ability to be quiet and thoughtful. Then, learn to work with extroverted colleagues to create a medical gruppe that can handle all sides of patients needs.Your introversion is not a liability, its a bonusCan Introverts Survive in Medicine?

5 Tell-Tale Signs Youre Working Under a Weak Leader

5 Tell-Tale Signs Youre Working Under a Weak Leader Think you might be working for a weak leader? Youre not alone if you have your fair share of painfully cringe-worthy management moments and youre feeling disengaged at work because of them.Only So what makes these leaders so weak and what can they be doing differently? Here are five surefire signs of an ill-fated manager, and how they can stop their employees from turning over because of them.1. They are inexperienced, just plain absent or both.If your manager doesnt have previous managerial experience, this can, of course, affect how they manage you and your team. Perhaps they come across like a weak manager because theyve never done it before. But perhaps because of your managers inexperience, when things go south, they hibernate in their offices and interact very little with the team. This is the sign of a weak leader.To combat this, your manager should be keeping an open mind to feedback and keeping the communication lines open . They should be readily available to hear what they can be doing better because, without constructive criticism, they wont improve.2. They dont respect your time, perhaps because they lack trust.Stanford University professor Bob Sutton explains in his book The Asshole Survival Guide that people are actually three times less likely to contribute at a high level when their baboes treat them poorly. This is because such disrespect makes motivation levels drop significantly. If your babo isnt respecting your time out of the office, after work hours, on weekends and on vacation, its likely that youll feel uninspired and, frankly, frustrated. Itll also make you feel distrusted that you wont get your work done.To combat this, managers should practice implementing covers for you when youre out of the office. This way they can respect your time off.3. They are a poor listener.If your manager does a lot of talking and very little listening, it may be because they dont care or have the time t o have a two-way conversation. Effective communication means being able to articulate your needs and also listening to the needs of otherbeis. A manager who cant do that is an ineffective communicator and, thus, a weak leader.To combat this, managers can practice active listening. They can call employees in for one-on-one meetings to make sure theyre all on the same page, and they can share questionnaires with feedback every now and then to make sure that theyre hearing their employees needs.4. They keep things under the rug.A weak manager isnt forthright with important information that can affect their employees. In a decade-long longitudinal study of 3,100 men, researchers found that workers risks of angina, heart attacks and even death increased along with work for controlling bosses who withhold information. Those who answered the survey statement, My boss gives me the information I need, negatively were the most likely to suffer from serious cardiovascular risk.To combat this, managers can make a greater effort in sharing important information and keeping transparent with their employees. Of course, not everyone needs to know everything, but its important that employees are kept abreast of matter that concern them.5. They dont give leistungspunkt where credit is due.A BambooHR employee survey asked more than 1,000 U.S.-based employees to rate 24 typical boss behaviors from totally acceptable to totally unacceptable. And the researchers found that the worst behavior a boss can have in the workplace istaking credit for one of their employees work. In fact, 63 percent of the surveys respondents agreed, or admitted that this was something over which they would consider quitting.To little surprise, women found it even more unacceptable when their bosses wrongly took credit, with 71 percent of them calling it the worst behavior a boss could have. This is likely because women, already, struggle to take credit for their own work. In a study published in the Perso nality and Social Psychology Bulletin, researchers Michelle C. Haynes and Madeline E. Heilman found that women are unlikely to take credit for their role in group work in mixed-gender settings, unless their roles are explicitly clear to outsiders.To combat this, managers can do a better job at giving credit where credit is do. They can start by making roles in group work explicit, which would make it easier for women to accept credit. And, even when womens roles arent explicitly obvious, managers can make an effort to acknowledge womens roles in their companies successes.--AnnaMarie Houlis is a feminist, a freelance journalist and an adventure aficionado with an affinity for impulsive solo travel. She spends her days writing about womens empowerment from around the world. You can follow her work on her blog, HerReport.org, and follow her journeys on Instagram her_report,Twitterherreportand Facebook.

Staying Engaged With Your Job - Spark Hire

Staying Engaged With Your Job - Spark HireRecently Spark Hire has been talking about employee engagement a lot. If youve been following, then you know how important employee engagement is for your company and your turnover rate. Employees that are engaged with their company and their work are much happier and less likely to jump ship as soon as something better or different comes along. They are also more productive. But what about you? As an HR professional, it is often your job to think about how you can help others in the company, but you cant forget about yourself in the mix.Do you still feel engaged with your job? It can be quite difficult to suggest ways your company can engage better with its employees if you are notlage engaged with your own work. Its easy to get stuck in a rut with a job and simply do what is expected of you. After a while, a job can get pretty boring- especially if you do the same thing day in and day out. If youre bored, chances are you are no longer engag ed. So what can you do about it? Jump ship? You may want to, but consider some of these simple tips for re-engaging with your job before deciding to find a new one.Remember What Makes You HappyIf youre feeling disengaged or bored with your job then try to remember what made you happy about this position in the beginning. What was it about this industry or this particular company that piqued your interest in the first place? If you are happy, then you are already on your way to being engaged. Granted, work engagement and employee engagement does not mean happiness or happy employees, but it is certainly a start. So before you start frantically searching for a way out, take a minute and think about your job.What parts of it make you happy and satisfied? Are you still communicating with your coworkers or have you been keeping to yourself as of late? If thats the case then try and reconnect with your coworkers. If thats not the problem, then take inventory on the tasks you do and note w hich ones satisfy you. Have your roles and responsibilities changed and thats what is making you unhappy? If so, have a talk with your superior and see why that is. Is this temporary or will these new changes be permanent? At the very least, try and pinpoint the aspects of your job that make you happy and focus on those. If you cant answer that question, then it may be time to move on.Look For Meaning Often times people will feel disengaged from their work because they feel it is pointless. If you are completing responsibilities and tasks each day but think that if you didnt do them it would make no difference, then how can you have pride in your work? Instead, look for the meaning in the work you do. A lot of us wont have a job that is immensely changing the world or the lives of others for the better. However, a lot of what we do is benefiting someone. Take a look at how you make a difference within your company and how you help the company get to where it wants to be. How does yo ur work affect the CEO, the marketing manager or even the maintenance crew? Simply knowing that the work you are doing is helping someone else down the line gives new meaning, or once-again-found meaning, to your job.If you dont find any meaning, then perhaps you can create one. Spark Hire has talked about volunteer work for increased employee engagement and company culture before and it could help to improve your own engagement as well. If there is not something at your job that makes you happy, see if you can create one through company volunteer efforts. Its possible that many of your coworkers and other employees would be interested as well.Understand What You DislikeAs stated earlier, its best to take note of all of the roles and tasks you complete to see which ones you enjoy and which ones you dislike. Hopefully there are at least a few tasks or responsibilities that make you happy. Take a look at the tasks that make you unhappy and see if theres anything you can do to change t hem. Why do these tasks or responsibilities dissatisfy you? Is there anything you can do to make them more enjoyable? Often times the answer is just that weve fallen into a erfahrungen where what was once exciting and new has become boring and redundant. Is there a way you can make these boring tasks interesting again?If all else fails and most of what you are doing falls under the dislike category, then you may seriously want to think about starting a job search. If you cant do anything to change this position and make it enjoyable again, then what is the point in continuing the abuse? Remember though, unless you are financially in a position to do so, do not leave a job until you have found a new one. The realization that your job has become a huge source of unhappiness may send you running for the door. Before you make any rash decisions though, think them through and discuss them with your family if you support them as well. Being unhappy or unsatisfied in a job can take a large toll on your body, so if theres no saving it, then cut your losses and work on moving on.How do you stay engaged with your position? Have you ever been able to turn a once-fun-turned-boring job around? Share with us in the comments section belowIMAGE Courtesy of Flickr by quinn.anya