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Conversations about vaccination: Show patients you understand and care

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Author: Dawn Ellison MD, Emergency Medicine physician, certified professional coach, certified stress management and resilience trainer, corporate advisor, speaker, and author. Physicians rarely get angry with patients. We’ve been selected and trained to feel compassion…but that’s changing.  Patients we’ve taken care of for decades are now ignoring our advice to get vaccinated. We sympathize when …

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Grateful for Virtual Meetings …..and ways to make them better.

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Author: Dawn Ellison MD, Emergency Medicine physician, certified professional coach, certified stress management and resilience trainer, corporate advisor, speaker, and author. I have intentionally looked for gratitude during this time of overwhelming illness, isolation, divisiveness, and virtual connections. It is a practice that I work on daily. It may surprise you, but it wasn’t difficult …

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An introvert’s advice for networking

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Article: https://ideas-ted-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/ideas.ted.com/an-introverts-advice-for-networking/amp/ There are two particular things that most of us hate about having to network.  One is its baldly transactional nature. “the unpleasant task of trading favors with strangers.” The other is that needing to do it feels like a vulnerability. Having to put yourself in the hands of a stranger or near stranger …

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The 3 qualities of the most effective team players

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Article: https://ideas.ted.com/the-3-qualities-of-the-most-effective-team-players/ Three simple virtues that make for a good team player.  Humility. Most of us know what humility is — it means not being arrogant or self-centered but putting others ahead of ourselves.When somebody lacks confidence and makes themselves small, that’s not humility. To deny our talents is actually a violation of humility, just …

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Use Gratitude to Counter Stress and Uncertainty

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Article: https://hbr.org/amp/2020/10/use-gratitude-to-counter-stress-and-uncertainty  “Gratitude is an emotion that grounds us and is a great way to balance out the negative mindset that uncertainty engenders,” said Dr. Guy Winch, author of the book Emotional First Aid. We experience gratitude when we shift our focus from what we don’t have to what we do, and when we take time …

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Executive Presence For Women Leaders

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Author: Nandita C. Gupta, MD, FACCMedical Director, Cardiovascular Service Line, OHSU Health- Hillsboro Medical CenterAssistant Professor of Cardiology, Knight Cardiovascular Institute, OHSU Research conducted by the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), a nonprofit research organization in New York defines the three pillars of Executive Presence (EP) as gravitas, communication, and image. Stated differently, EP reflects how you act, how you speak, …

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A 2×2 Matrix to Help You Prioritize the Skills to Learn Right Now

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Article: https://hbr.org/2017/09/a-2×2-matrix-to-help-you-prioritize-the-skills-to-learn-right-now So much to learn, so little time!So there’s a significant pressure on us all to learn the right stuff. How do we identify what that is? One approach is to apply a time-utility analysis (similar in form to a cost-benefit) to the subjects you’re interested in learning. “Time” is time to learn. It’s …

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