{"id":3807,"date":"2012-12-10T11:07:47","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T19:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.everhear.com\/?p=3807"},"modified":"2019-09-11T16:17:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T23:17:03","slug":"a-time-for-teamwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/a-time-for-teamwork\/","title":{"rendered":"A Time for Teamwork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Fall, I had the invaluable opportunity to work on a project with our\u00a0Clinic Director of \u00a0Ruth Norwood to improve the teamwork at ESHC. \u00a0Initially, the purpose of this project was to uncover strategies for incorporating teamwork into our speech team&#8217;s project planning and program development. \u00a0As Ruth and I met and researched these topics, we quickly recognized that this project was bigger than we had imagined.<\/p>\n<p>First, we discovered that\u00a0we had to begin with\u00a0the &#8220;big picture&#8221; before we could\u00a0effectively\u00a0and\u00a0collaboratively implement the specific steps involved in project development. \u00a0We learned from Simon Sinek that the most successful organizations are those that have a clear understanding of their purpose, or the &#8220;why,&#8221; while most organizations tend to focus on the tangible &#8220;hows&#8221; and &#8220;whats.&#8221; \u00a0Ruth and I realized that teamwork must become a theme, not only in speech, but among audiology and office staff as well. \u00a0Compelled to define our &#8220;why&#8221; and create a culture of teamwork, this month&#8217;s all-staff meeting was dedicated to discussing our vision, culture, and the principles of teamwork required in order to provide best patient care. \u00a0Team participation was characterized by\u00a0insightful observations,\u00a0authentic reflections,\u00a0and inspiring and innovative ideas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3813\" title=\"teamwork\" src=\"http:\/\/everhear.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/teamwork.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a>ESHC will continue to work tirelessly and collaboratively toward our purpose. \u00a0We will continue to focus on teamwork through future discussions and\u00a0exercises focused on\u00a0uncovering work preferences and team roles. \u00a0After all, there&#8217;s no better time of year to reflect on what is important. \u00a0And for ESHC , that is transforming lives through improved\u00a0communication\u00a0and empowering patients and their families.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Fall, I had the invaluable opportunity to work on a project with our\u00a0Clinic Director of \u00a0Ruth Norwood to improve the teamwork at ESHC. \u00a0Initially, the purpose of this project was to uncover strategies for incorporating teamwork into our speech team&#8217;s project planning and program development. \u00a0As Ruth and I met and researched these topics,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"A Time for Teamwork","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,9,27],"tags":[959,960,260,509,961,962,963,964],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3807"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}