It was exciting to bring together such a large, cross-IS group for the first quarterly Town Hall since my arrival. In Renton, where we originated the webcast, we had 120+ caregivers seated, with some having to stand! And it sounds like we had great in-room participation across regions. Know I appreciate your engagement.
I can’t encourage our team enough to take advantage of opportunities to get together, share, and ask our questions. Not just at our town halls, but your senior leaders’ team meetings, system webcasts you may be invited to attend, etc. We need to be on the same page and air our concerns, then try to speak to them as openly as possible. Sometimes when a clear answer doesn’t seem to exist, it’s because we don’t yet have one! But, as I said when covering my leadership principles, I will always try to be as transparent as possible.
I really enjoyed learning our team recognition for Obix and IS Mission efforts, and have been impressed with tenure of service anniversaries we see so often at PSJH. I also was glad we could get Ali Santore, GVP of Government Affairs, to join us for her update on system advocacy. I will continue to try to bring interesting system leadership perspectives to our town halls.
If you absolutely had to miss town hall or hopefully just want to go back and revisit an interesting segment, the next article of the newsletter shares the recording of the webcast.
I look forward to talking with more of you on our next IS Open Forum, in a couple weeks, on Thurs., March 21!
-B.J.