Leading with Kindness | Quality Time with Dr. Schaal

In this episode, Dr. Stephen Swensen discusses his work at Mayo Clinic to create thriving, ideal work environments. His most recent book, Mayo Clinic Strategies to Reduce Burnout - 12 Actions to Create the Ideal Workplace, outlines four evidence based elements of an ideal workplace: agency, belonging, collective effervescence and positivity.

Dr. Swensen is a recognized expert, speaker and inter-disciplinary researcher in wellbeing, leadership and organizational development. For 35 years, he served patients at Mayo Clinic as a clinician, scientist, educator and leader. He serves as a senior fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and a transformational fellow at The NARBHA Institute.

Expert: Dr. Stephen Swensen, senior fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; transformational fellow, NARBHA Institute; professor emeritus, Mayo Clinic

Notable topics covered:

• The role leadership plays in creating healthy, thriving work environments
• The elements of an ideal workplace: agency, belonging, collective effervescence and positivity
• How People-Centered Kind Leaders cultivate work communities that allow people to optimize their positive life assessment and healthspan

Links:

• Steve Swensen (LinkedIn)
• Mayo Clinic
• Mayo Clinic Strategies to Reduce Burnout - 12 Actions to Create the Ideal Workplace
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• The NARBHA Institute
• Leading with Kindness