We are now in the fifth year of employee meetings. The first four years were pivotal in helping steer and achieve our corporate goals.
The purpose of these meetings are two fold. First is to give you all a chance to hear directly how we are doing on our corporate goals and receive updates on our big projects. Secondly, and more important it gives us a chance to dialogue about the questions and suggestions you have.
The folks on Stevens Rd shared with me their real passion to support more clinical research. They are doing great work with one of the partnerships on sensory integration I mentioned in last week's wrap up. In Mountainside we tried a little exercise looking at the top things the organization should be focused on. We got great suggestions from our discussions. In EIP I heard loud and clear that when we do the construction fro the new therapy site, they want to be included! The doctor's reminded me how important it is that we stay focused on making sure our children can continue to get services, in light of the health care reform discussions that are going on nationally.
Her are some of the things we did immediately since the meetings started. I know more suggestions are still to come. If you go to the intranet, you will see a listing of all of the presentations and posters that people within the organization have done. Make sure your presentations are included if you do not see them there. More importantly, it provides with the information of what resources are available to you. Check it out if you want to know who is an expert in a certain area.
Human Resources will be reaching out to employees to do a check on how things are going. A very good point is that we meet with people when they leave for exit interviews but maybe we should be touching base, "just because". With 1200 employees it is not going to be an easy task. We know from our employee satisfaction survey that our 5to 10 year employees have lower satisfaction scores than the rest of the organization, so we will begin there. It is all about extending ourselves in many different ways to make sure we are meeting your needs as employees.
You can post questions anonymously here if you feel intimidated in large groups or email me directly. I want to hear from you and truly appreciate the chance to have these conversations.
I wan to thank all of you for what you do for our children and for Children's Specialized Hospital. It is truly an honor to work with each of you.
