Articles

Discusses how educational leaders can better contribute to creating healthy and inclusive school communities by cultivating resilience, personal wellbeing and transformational leadership in their roles.  

Discusses how educational leaders can better contribute to creating healthy and inclusive school communities by cultivating resilience, personal wellbeing and transformational leadership in their roles.

One-page summary of key action principles for making your organization healthier.

Benefits Canada’s overview of its 2014 Healthy Outcomes Conference, published in the September 2014 issue. The special feature provides summaries of Graham Lowe’s talk, ‘Maximizing wellbeing and performance’ and the workshop he led on ‘Linking wellness and engagement.’

This article summarizes what occupational health nurses need to know about the ingredients of successful workplace wellness programs, based on the latest research evidence.

: Organizational Connectivity. A conversation about the importance of building new relationships across all levels of the healthcare system. Hugh MacLeod (CEO of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute) and Graham Lowe. Longwood’s Ghost Busting Essays Series on Longwoods.com. http://www.longwoods.com/content/23370

This article makes the case for expanding the focus of workforce engagement initiatives to actively include physicians. Without fully engaged physicians, no healthcare organization will be able to achieve its vision of providing outstanding care.

Healthy Minds/Healthy Campuses Summit 2012, Victoria, September 26-29, 2012. Graham Lowe will participate in a panel discussion on “Diagnosing a Healthy Campus Community.” Summit 2012 is a unique opportunity to design a shared vision for campus communities that support well-being and to identify methods to get there. Building upon four years of growth and learning, […]

Managers increasingly understand that employee engagement is a prerequisite for high performance. This article examines how job, work environment, management and organizational factors influence levels of engagement among healthcare employees. Original data come from the Ontario Hospital Association-NRC Picker Employee Experience Survey, involving over 10,000 employees in 16 Ontario hospitals. The article provides a clear […]

Metrics matter. The biggest gap in measuring the performance of healthcare organizations is the quality of the work environment. This article makes the case for a common, national framework for measuring and reporting healthcare work environments.