The Real Healthcare Reform: How Embracing Civility Can Beat Back Burnout and Revive Your Healthcare Career

Do you feel burned out, beaten down, belittled or bullied on the job? You are not alone! Bullying, back-stabbing and belittling among healthcare employees is shrouded in a long history of secrecy and denial. Now the secret is out: an epidemic of incivility infects most healthcare workplaces. A culture of incivility ruins trust among healthcare teams and leaves employees feeling exhausted, hopeless and dissatisfied with their jobs. For healthcare employees like you, the most important reform has nothing to do with politics. Instead, the real healthcare reform lies in curing the "disease" of incivility that is plaguing your workplace. The Real Healthcare Reform: How Embracing Civility Can Beat Back Burnout and Revive Your Healthcare Career is a step-by-step action plan that leads readers on a personal journey toward changing their outlook, improving their professional relationships and reviving their healthcare careers. It offers the tactics and strategies you need to put civility to work and start cleaning up the toxic atmosphere at your job. Topics covered in the book include how to: Enhance your self-awareness. Showcase your personal and professional integrity. Build strong professional relationships. Get along with co-workers, despite your differences. Eliminate gossip and bullying in the workplace. Prevent and/or resolve conflicts with co-workers. Deal with extreme incivility at work. Change your workplace for the better...for you, your patients and for all the employees who come after you.