Inspiration for communicating across difference

My guest today is Joel Helbling from Test Double, a fully remote software consultancy. While Joel doesn't work in the health sector, I hope you find his insights into team communication, feedback, and change are relevant. Joel shares how his team stays connected and effective without the benefit of in-person interaction, through intentional communication, feedback, […] The post Joel Helbling on building strong teams through feedback appeared first on Health Communication Partners.

Communicating across our differences is difficult, but necessary, in today’s highly polarized environment. I share real life examples, and advice from a language expert, as encouragement for talking to someone you disagree with. Communicating with people that we disagree with has never been easy, but today I’m arguing it’s pretty necessary. So I’m going to share […] The post Inspiration for communicating across difference appeared first on Health Communication Partners.

Competition and collaboration are sometimes thought of as opposites. I’ll share one thing people can do to help collaborations go better even when there’s competitors in the room. Collaborations have always been popular, but it’s possible today they’re getting more common and that the stakes may be getting higher. So in today’s episode, I’m gonna […] The post “We’re collaborators, but we want to win.” Managing competition in collaborations appeared first on Health Communication Partners.

Today’s chaotic environment can leave us feeling unmoored and lost. Dr. Saria Saccocio explains 2 steps she’s using these days to manage the chaos, and reclaim some power. In today’s episode, Dr. Saria Sacocho returns to the show and offers some incredibly timely advice on getting yourself out of chaos. Hi everybody, this is “10 […] The post Dr. Saria Saccocio shares 2 steps to find your way out of chaos appeared first on Health Communication Partners.

It’s our 200th episode! Today you’ll hear a familiar voice tell a story about how emotional intelligence helped communication in the workplace. Today’s episode is our 200th episode! And today you’ll be hearing about emotional intelligence in the workplace from someone I think you’ve heard before. Hi, everybody. This is 10 Minutes to Better Patient […] The post Joe Liebel on Emotional Intelligence and workplace communication appeared first on Health Communication Partners.

Dr. Schiavo shares powerful stories about communication’s role in community engagement and pursuing health equity. We’re shining a light on public health and the value of the work done by public health professionals. Today you’ll hear from Dr. Renata Schiavo, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Communication in Healthcare. Hi everybody, this is 10 Minutes to […] The post Dr. Renata Schiavo on community-driven approaches to communication appeared first on Health Communication Partners.

Hear the story of a complicated workflow improvement case, and learn what you can do to help your own workflow…flow more smoothly. Is something in your workflow not working? I’ll help you get the workflow improvement process off on the right foot in today’s episode. Hi everybody! This is 10 Minutes to Better Patient Communication, […] The post Does your workflow need work? Make this your first step appeared first on Health Communication Partners.

Learn about 7 common QI trip hazards, and how you can avoid them. Now, I don’t typically start conversations with negatives, but sometimes when I talk with clients, especially super focused go -getters, they’ll ask me right out the gate, "Tell us what we’re getting wrong so we can fix it!" This episode’s for you, […] The post Don’t make these 7 Quality Improvement mistakes appeared first on Health Communication Partners.

Interviews or evaluations are tough, but storytelling helps. Here’s how to use the SWOT matrix to help you prepare 4 stories you can use to answer common interview questions. This is an episode that I was planning for later in the year, but I’m doing it now because of all of the government employees who […] The post 4 stories to tell in an interview appeared first on Health Communication Partners.

A close look at some of the ways we use our phones to communicate can teach us how to improve our communication in general. Need a break from the news? Today, I’m going to ask you to think about your phone. If you care about communication, and I think you do, considering the ways we […] The post One lesson our phones can teach us about communication appeared first on Health Communication Partners.