When I interviewed for this position in June I sat down in front of 10 or so MPMC employees that shared with me the challenges, the hopes, the set-backs, the concerns and the anxiety. The one thing that stood out the most was there was no sign of "laying down and giving up". I knew right away I wanted this job because of the staff.
The Four Horsemen: State Survey, IT Crash, Life Safety, and Workforce Reduction.
Fast forward four months...
CEO Cole White has recently likened these past year to the four horsemen of the apocalypse with all of the challenges that we have faced. However, the assessment of the staff that I had in my interview was correct. You all have not lain down your swords, stopped fighting and not feared any tribulation. You all have fiercely fought to make sure that our patients were taken care of.
The senior leadership team and the board of director's are very proud of you all.
Sometimes we all have to take a moment to pause and gather the holistic picture of the entire organization. Once you have done this and seen the entire organization working as a whole you can capture the beauty of the self-sacrifice to ensure our fellow human beings are being cared for with high quality. This involves EVERY individual.
This is an amazing process to experience and everyone should from time to time stop to smell the flowers.
...Oh yeah...and I am having a blast thank you all for all you do!
