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Flourishing in a Dynamic Health Care Environment: How to Propel Performance

HFMA 2012 Program

Exploring the Process of Healthcare

Presented By Tom Muha, Ph.D.

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 ◦ The Research Developing a Positive Work Environment to achieve remarkable results  ◦ The Science Understanding Six Principles from the field of Positive Psychology: PROPEL ©  ◦ Q & A Using PROPEL © to resolve your challenges

 ◦ Positive Psychology Studies: A scientific exploration of satisfaction and success  ◦ ◦ Hospital Performance Studies: Press Ganey HealthStream Research  ◦ ◦ Appreciative Inquiry Solucient/Reuters Top 100 HealthGrades Top 5%  Case study © PROPEL Performance, LLC www.PROPELperformance.com

 ◦ New Nurse Manager

Leadership Style:

“Carrots and Sticks” ◦     

Problems:

Battling with “Bullies” Culture of Conflict Low Staff Engagement Poor Patient + Staff Satisfaction High Turnover and Agency Use © PROPEL Performance, LLC www.PROPELperformance.com

 Increase staff satisfaction, engagement and retention to improve patient satisfaction.

100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Employee Retention Employee Engagement Staff Satisfaction Series 1 Series 2 2006 and 2007 Organizational Climate Assessments

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 Institutional mean = 3.73

 Department mean = 3.89

 Extremely Satisfied Ratings for: “I know what is expected of me at work” “I have what I need to do my work right” “I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day” “My co-workers are committed to doing quality work” “I had opportunities to learn and grow in the past year” © PROPEL Performance, LLC www.PROPELperformance.com

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• VACANCY RATE 20% = $240,000 • TURNOVER RATE 6% = $425,000 • SICK LEAVE 75% = $151,000 COSTS CONTAINED/ year = $816,000 © PROPEL Performance, LLC www.PROPELperformance.com

Total Staff Coaching Executive Team Coaching Department Leadership Coaching UPT Staff Coaching

Units involved in case study given “Best of the Best” Award

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 ◦ 5 year follow up Metrics bumping along at the top v. bottom

What is Positive Psychology?

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P

ositive Emotions 

E

ngagement 

R

elationship Satisfaction 

M

eaningfulness 

A

ccomplishments ◦ Martin Seligman,

Flourish

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Ø Outlier Bottom 20% Average

Outlier Top 20%

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Ø Outlier

Outlier Bottom 20% Average Top 20%

Tip-offs for Tipping Points, Nature, Sept 3 2009 © PROPEL Performance, LLC www.PROPELperformance.com

 The top performers in all fields excel because they feel passion at work ◦ most every day Doug Newberg, UVA Medical School  2 types:

Harmonious v. Obsessive

◦ Key Dynamics: Collaborative v. Controlling  Robert Vallerand, Université du Québec à Montréal © PROPEL Performance, LLC www.PROPELperformance.com

Key Characteristics:

1. Positivity v. Negativity 2. Inquiry v. Advocacy 3. Others v. Self

Suffering ----- Languishing ----- Flourishing

P/N < 2:1 3-5:1 6-11:1

Self-Absorbed Quiet Success and Advocacy Desperation Satisfaction

Marcial Losada, Work Teams and the Losada Line

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 Calm – Connect – Collaborate ◦ ◦ Builds neural pathways to offset Fight – Flight – Freeze “These people are crazy!”  Problem Solving ◦ When staff brings up a problem, ask:

“What would it look like if it were working well?”

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 ◦ To Achieve Flow, Use Your Strengths Using your strengths maximizes personal performance  ◦ Aligning strengths provides increased capabilities: Having full “buckets” maximizes team performance:   Executing, Influencing, Relationship Building, Strategic Thinking “Nothing ever happens”

 Change requires staying fully engaged  Recharging your 4 storehouses of energy: ◦

Physical, mental, emotional, spiritual

Manage your energy – not your time – to achieve non-linear results Loehr and Swartz,

The Power of Full Engagement

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 Helping others creates a meaningful life, which promotes the ◦ highest form of happiness Martin Seligman,

Authentic Happiness

 Having a friend at work and feeling your boss cares about you are the best predictors of job ◦ satisfaction, engagement, and retention Gallup Q12 Staff Satisfaction Surveys © PROPEL Performance, LLC www.PROPELperformance.com

Burning Questions?

Dr. Tom Muha 443-454-7274 [email protected]