In the latest episode of Tell Me WHY, we talk to Chief Talent Officer Chantel Greenfield and Senior Healthcare Recruitment Andrea Butler of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System about their innovative approach to healthcare recruitment.

The episode features a robust discussion of how Greenfield and Butler are “ditching the old ways” and embracing cutting-edge strategies that are meeting the modern healthcare workforce needs and demands. Discover how their team uses data insights and creative approaches, from using AI to cultivating an inclusive workplace, to attract and retain top talent and addressing critical workforce challenges.

Today's guest is Kristen Dickens MBA, BSN, RN, CENP! Kristen is the Director of Nursing Practice and Innovation at Prisma Health. In this episode we learn how she arrived at nursing via a communications background, her passion for innovation, and how the health system's new virtual nursing program facilitates a better workplace experience for nurses and better care for patients.

On this episode of "Tell Me Why," hosts Emily O'Sullivan and Jen Wright chat with Dr. Christina Bowen, Chief Wellbeing Officer at ECU Health, and Dr. Nadia Charguia, a child psychiatrist and the Executive Medical Director for UNC Healthcare’s Integrated Well-Being Program! Dr. Bowen and Dr. Charguia both lead innovative solutions to employee engagement with a focus on addressing administrative burdens and enhancing workforce well-being.

We hear about their personal and professional journeys to working in this space, and the conversation delves deeply into human-centered design and new strategies for developing trust, ensuring constructive feedback from frontline staff, and, most importantly, how that feedback leads to meaningful action.

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Dr. Carolyn Swinton, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, NCC, ACC, knows a lot and feels a lot about the importance of leadership. When our SC WHY Team decided to launch a podcast to spread big ideas and best practices on leading highly resilient teams, she was one of the first people we wanted to talk to.

Over the course of her career, Dr. Swinton has served in numerous clinical leadership roles, including Chief Nurse Executive, Prisma Health; Affiliate Faculty, University of South Carolina College of Nursing; and Clinical Associate Professor, Clemson University School of Nursing. She is currently the Founder and CEO of Reveille Executive Coaching & Consulting Services, LLC, and she has been partnering with SCHA on our "WHY We Lead" training designed to help hospital leaders in mid-level management positions enhance and cultivate skills and qualities necessary to successfully lead their teams, drive teamwork and engagement, and embrace change.

As we dug into Dr. Swinton's personal story more deeply, our conversation centered around the importance of empathy, self-awareness, and personal growth for effective leadership in healthcare. Dr. Swinton emphasized mentorship, coaching, and personal development for leaders and highlighted the impact of these practices on leadership effectiveness.

Dr. Swinton is a fount of wisdom and left us with some profound thoughts on leadership, including the importance of understanding one's personal values and long-term goals as a leader and the freedom that comes from realizing one doesn't have to be perfect.

In this episode, Russell Baxley, President and CEO of Beaufort Memorial Hospital, shares his journey in healthcare administration and the innovative strategies his hospital is implementing to address workforce challenges, particularly regarding childcare and housing. He and co-hosts Jen Wright and Emily O'Sullivan also talk about the importance of listening to employee needs and forming partnerships in the community to address affordability and other workforce challenges.

In the latest episode of Tell Me WHY, Jen and Emily chat with Dr. Teresa “Tese” Stephens, RN, PhD, about her research findings on resilience in the healthcare workforce, touching on her early experience in the field and her work with Holocaust survivors that powered her work.

A recent journal article Dr. Stephens references in the podcast, "Culture Shock: Remote Work in Higher Education" by Teresa M. Stephens, Kristen Poston et al., is available at https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/ijttl/vol1/iss1/2/.

In this special “Hospital Week” episode of the Tell Me Why podcast, Jen Wright and Emily O'Sullivan are joined by SCHA communications staffer Kyle Petersen to chat with Andy Lyons, the Director of Corporate Communications and Content Strategy for Roper St. Francis Healthcare.

They explore Andy’s journey from journalism to healthcare communications and why he finds such value and purpose in telling the story of the hospital and its staff. Andy also shares his thoughts about the importance of empathy, humanizing the healthcare workforce, and emphasizing mission-driven messaging. The conversation also highlights the need for a sense of purpose and pride among healthcare workers that hospital communications teams can support as part of a larger focus on a healthy and engaged workforce.

In this insightful conversation, Aiken Regional Medical Center's Crystal Mock and Tideland Health's Renee Shore discuss their personal journeys in the healthcare field with Tell Me WHY, emphasizing the importance of mental health awareness and support within the workforce. They also explore the challenges of burnout and stigma and share strategies for creating a supportive culture that prioritizes employee wellbeing. The discussion highlights the implementation of mental health first aid training and the significance of lifelong learning as a protective factor against burnout. Overall, the conversation underscores the need for a holistic approach to health and wellbeing in the healthcare environment.