How can you help your staff find purpose and meaning in their work?

As a practice manager, you want your staff to feel motivated, engaged, and fulfilled by their work. But how can you help them find purpose and meaning in what they do every day? Here are some tips to inspire your team and create a positive work culture.

1 Align your vision

One of the first steps to help your staff find purpose and meaning in their work is to align your vision with theirs. Communicate clearly and frequently what your practice stands for, what your goals are, and how each role contributes to the bigger picture. Show your staff how their work makes a difference to your patients, your community, and your profession. Invite feedback and input from your staff on how to improve your practice and achieve your vision.

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Lydie Catalano

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Faites les participer en continu à l'évolution de la vision en leur mettant à disposition une ICE box qui permettra de partager les avis

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Priscilla Knolle, MBBS, MAT, FACHE

Physician Leader • Connector • Collaborator • Celebrator
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We spend a good portion of our days at work. Having purpose and meaning empower and edify our lives. Do make room to identify each individual’s core values and motivations, help and guide align one’s values to their own personal vision and liaise connecting these to the organizational vision and mission. In addition, integrating our skills, talents, and gifts with the needs before us creates wonderful synergy, resonance and a consistently positive experience.

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2 Recognize and reward

Another way to help your staff find purpose and meaning in their work is to recognize and reward their efforts and achievements. Express your gratitude and appreciation for their hard work, creativity, and dedication. Celebrate their successes and milestones, both individually and as a team. Provide constructive feedback and support for their growth and development. Offer incentives and benefits that match their needs and preferences, such as flexible hours, training opportunities, or bonuses.

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3 Encourage autonomy and creativity

A third way to help your staff find purpose and meaning in their work is to encourage autonomy and creativity. Empower your staff to make decisions, solve problems, and initiate changes that enhance their work quality and satisfaction. Give them the freedom and resources to experiment with new ideas, methods, and tools. Foster a culture of learning and innovation, where mistakes are seen as opportunities to improve and learn. Encourage your staff to share their knowledge, skills, and insights with each other and with you.

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4 Build relationships and trust

A fourth way to help your staff find purpose and meaning in their work is to build relationships and trust. Create a sense of belonging and camaraderie among your staff, where they feel valued, respected, and supported. Promote teamwork and collaboration, where everyone contributes their strengths and perspectives. Provide regular and honest communication, where you listen to your staff's concerns, opinions, and feedback. Demonstrate integrity, transparency, and accountability, where you act in the best interest of your staff, your practice, and your patients.

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Priscilla Knolle, MBBS, MAT, FACHE

Physician Leader • Connector • Collaborator • Celebrator
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Deep and attentive listening to both said and unsaid words is powerful. This requires that we are humble and not caught up in our own egos, and internal noises. Trust often follows promise-keeping and honoring the other. Leaders must continue to learn and lead better by improving self-awareness, self-reflection and self-correction.

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5 Promote wellness and balance

A fifth way to help your staff find purpose and meaning in their work is to promote wellness and balance. Acknowledge the challenges and stressors that your staff face in their work, and provide them with the tools and resources to cope and thrive. Encourage your staff to take care of their physical, mental, and emotional health, by offering wellness programs, counseling services, or wellness days. Respect your staff's personal and professional boundaries, by avoiding overwork, burnout, or micromanagement. Help your staff find joy and fun in their work, by organizing social events, games, or contests.

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6 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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Debora Santo, PhD

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Train your team managers to listen. Through active listening, they will learn what their team members enjoy doing most and what makes them generate output that they feel has value and meaning for them personally. Very often, we rely on team members fillinf in gaps in needs instead of combining this with tasks they feel have value and/or enjoy doing. Letting people actively find their place in the team will mean a lot to them and greatly affect employee satisfation and retention rates.

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Tatiany Barbiero

Química | Inovação | Melhoria de Processos | Gestão da Qualidade | Meio Ambiente | Regulatórios
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Concordo com os itens trazidos. Vale acrescentar que conhecer o propósito da organização e construir de maneira colaborativa a razão de existir do setor ou dependência, traz muito mais engajamento e motivação a equipe, afinal, dessa forma sabe-se a real contribuição para o resultado final da empresa.

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1 Align your vision

2 Recognize and reward

3 Encourage autonomy and creativity

4 Build relationships and trust

5 Promote wellness and balance

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