Tears and drama not included: How to restructure clinic staff
When there is an important position needing to be filled, but every staff member is gunning for the job, how do you pick the best without hurting people’s feelings? Here are the 5 thoughts to remember before making that decision.
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When there is an important position needing to be filled, but every staff member is gunning for the job, how do you pick the best without hurting people’s feelings? Here are the 5 thoughts to remember before making that decision.
Putting It In View By Dianna E. Graves, COMT, BS Ed
“Perception: A way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting something; a mental impression.”
My definition of perception is as follows: Reality as it pertains to you and where you are in your life right now. Not bounded by reality, truth or acceptance of facts present.
Our clinic is in the middle of a forced restructure of the staff ladder to the perceived top. My right-hand man is moving out of state soon to be closer to her family.
When these announcements occur to you, you will naturally go through a grieving process with the obligatory steps of Loss: anger, questioning (why me?), despair, melancholy, depression, and finally acceptance, which eventually will allow you to move forward again. Then, add the in between steps of panic, terror and initial shock, and the circle will be complete. These steps often occur at a rapid-fire rate and can take less than a week to cycle through you and your clinic.
This is the manager’s reaction to a change of this magnitude. Then multiply it by the number of staff you have!
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