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Accountability - May 2024

Jo Anne Preston | 5/22/2024 11:24:00 AM|

A common challenge in healthcare is getting people to do tasks that are important to you but not as urgent to the individuals you need it from. When you hold yourself to a high standard of accountability, your stress may...

This Mile - April 2024

Jo Anne Preston | 4/4/2024 3:13:00 PM|

I admire runners! The runners I know and love are passionate about it, committed, disciplined, hard-working, goal-oriented, and focused; some of the same qualities that make great leaders. Even with commitment, those 26...

Encourage Challenges - March 2024

Jo Anne Preston | 3/8/2024 1:41:00 PM|

Want to prevent even small-scale disasters, as well as achieve greater team results? Make it safe for people to challenge you. Here are a few ways to expand that safety zone.

To Tell the Truth - February 2024

Jo Anne Preston | 2/7/2024 3:26:00 PM|

In the 1950s game show “To Tell the Truth,” groups of contestants attempted to convince the player of their character to see if they could accurately sleuth out who was – and who was not – who they said they were. It...

Emotional Regulatory Compliance - January 2024

Jo Anne Preston | 1/11/2024 2:32:00 PM|

We must learn how to manage emotions or they will manage us and that won’t end well. I have a sense that emotional reactions are a little quicker to surface for many of us than 4 years ago. We can go from 0-60 in an emo...

Upgrade Your App - December 2023

Jo Anne Preston | 12/8/2023 1:42:00 PM|

Our phones require regular upgrades to function properly. IT folks tell us, “When you get that reminder, do the upgrade.” Consider this final 2023 post focused on belonging as your “auto-notice” pop-up reminder to re...

Beyond First Impressions - November 2023

Jo Anne Preston | 11/20/2023 1:08:00 PM|

A friend of mine went to a clinic visit with his wife recently to support her in getting screened for depression. The medical assistant came out to the waiting room to get them - with blue hair, a nose ring, multiple tat...

Lessons on Belonging - Perspectives from Pumpkins - October 2023

Corrie Searles | 10/24/2023 9:30:00 AM|

Ahhh…Fall! The season of colorful leaves fluttering to the ground, cooler temperatures, fields being harvested, Friday night football, children racing door to door to collect treats, and yes…PUMPKINS! I may be more e...

Belonging, Naturally - September 2023

Jo Anne Preston | 9/20/2023 3:54:00 PM|

My colleague (and dear friend who nurtures my belonging), Cella Hartline, and I stopped at the beautiful Copper Falls for a hike to break up a long work road trip this month. I kept seeing so many metaphors in nature for...

Community Belonging – August 2023

Jo Anne Preston | 8/28/2023 1:47:00 PM|

Which would you rather work on today?___Building a clinic addition to serve more of your community’s medical needs, or___Building capacity for your community to address the factors that impact health beyond the medical ...