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Book SynopsisYou got into healthcare because you wanted to help people, but quickly discovered providing high-quality care is challenging. Seemingly impossible demands are placed on you and your team. Some coworkers are constantly complaining; others are in their silos doing only what they must to get through the long days. Collaboration is often lacking, and patients suffer the painful consequences. It's easy to become overloaded with work and overwhelmed with negativity.
This is not how the healthcare profession has to be. There is a new science Positive Psychology that studies how people are able to perform extraordinarily well in challenging situations. After a dozen years of research in prestigious medical centers, an evidence-based method for applying this science has been developed. That six step program is PROPEL.
You will read stories illustrating the experiences of doctors, nurses and administrators who learned to use PROPEL to transform their professional
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"I worked with PROPEL for years. It’s amazing to me what these principles can do to engage a multidisciplinary healthcare team. The units who used PROPEL saw results such as: increased employee engagement scores, decreased falls, and decreased turnover. People started coming to work happy to be there instead of dreading the issues that were bound to come up. PROPEL changed the way that our teams viewed and solved problems. Problems became an opportunity to improve and collaborate rather than a way of bringing the team down. Staff started supporting each other and work became more like family. I’m now the Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at GBMC Healthcare and have already brought PROPEL to this organization because I know about the positive changes it creates."
-JoAnn Z. Ioannou, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President - Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, GBMC HealthCare
"A must read for health care leaders desiring enhanced team work and improved outcomes. PROPEL principles artfully distills essential positive psychology elements and offers efficient techniques; converting theory to action.In this enjoyable read, Thomas Muha, PhD unlocks a pathway to peak performance, accessible even to the busiest professional."
-Brooke Buckley, MD FACS, MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, President 2015-2016, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Chief, Division of General Surgery, Medical Director, Acute Care Surgery
"Tom Muha has written a very important book that should be mandatory reading for anyone involved in health care. It combines scholarly research findings with practical advice and strategies for both personal flourishing and organizational success. Given the importance and centrality of health care in our society and around the world, this work is sure to make a significant impact for the better."
-Kim Cameron, Ph.D., Co-Founder, Center for Positive Organizations, University of Michigan, Author, Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance
"Peppered with illustrative stories and examples, Dr. Muha shares a cornucopia of plans, workshop designs and tools for change agents determined to propel engagement, personal fulfillment, quality care, and peak performance in their organizations. I applaud and thank Dr. Muha for generously sharing his expertise, experience and tools to help all of us determined to make a positive difference."
- Wendy Leebov, author of Language of Caring
"I worked with PROPEL for years. It’s amazing to me what these principles can do to engage a multidisciplinary healthcare team. The units who used PROPEL saw results such as: increased employee engagement scores, decreased falls, and decreased turnover. People started coming to work happy to be there instead of dreading the issues that were bound to come up. PROPEL changed the way that our teams viewed and solved problems. Problems became an opportunity to improve and collaborate rather than a way of bringing the team down. Staff started supporting each other and work became more like family. I’m now the Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at GBMC Healthcare and have already brought PROPEL to this organization because I know about the positive changes it creates."
-JoAnn Z. Ioannou, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President - Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, GBMC HealthCare
"A must read for health care leaders desiring enhanced team work and improved outcomes. PROPEL principles artfully distills essential positive psychology elements and offers efficient techniques; converting theory to action.In this enjoyable read, Thomas Muha, PhD unlocks a pathway to peak performance, accessible even to the busiest professional."
-Brooke Buckley, MD FACS, MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, President 2015-2016, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Chief, Division of General Surgery, Medical Director, Acute Care Surgery
"Tom Muha has written a very important book that should be mandatory reading for anyone involved in health care. It combines scholarly research findings with practical advice and strategies for both personal flourishing and organizational success. Given the importance and centrality of health care in our society and around the world, this work is sure to make a significant impact for the better."
-Kim Cameron, Ph.D., Co-Founder, Center for Positive Organizations, University of Michigan, Author, Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance
"Peppered with illustrative stories and examples, Dr. Muha shares a cornucopia of plans, workshop designs and tools for change agents determined to propel engagement, personal fulfillment, quality care, and peak performance in their organizations. I applaud and thank Dr. Muha for generously sharing his expertise, experience and tools to help all of us determined to make a positive difference."
- Wendy Leebov, author of Language of Caring
Table of ContentsForeword. Introduction. Why Positive Work Environments Matter. Modern Times. Positive Psychology. It's the Culture Darling. A Tale of Two Units. Stuck. The Drill Sergeant. The Coach. How to PROPEL High Performance in Hospitals. Passion. Relationships. Optimism. Proactivity. Energy. Legacy. Action Plans. PROPEL Yourself. PROPEL Your Workplace.
