Mitigate leader loneliness

Research suggests that healthcare leaders experience burnout dfferently than bedside team members. Often, they experience a recurring cycle of loneliness that can lead to isolation, reduced self-care, compromised decision making, team stress and more isolation. Like burnout, leader loneliness is a manifestation of system dysfunction, which means its mitigation lies in system changes that create leader connection and allow leaders to embrace their roles, responsibilities and relationships in a way that supports their thriving and their teams’ ability to thrive.

In this Insights Huddle Jennifer K. Clark, MD, palliative care physician, consultant and author, Patrick Kneeland, MD, VP Medical Affairs, Dispatch Health, and Jennifer Krippner, Chief Experience Officer, Institute for Healthcare Excellence (IHE) discuss The Power of Connected Leadership, a 2024 report published by the IHE.

A recording of this Insights Huddle is available here.

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If you have insights to share with other leaders, learners and advocates to improve the safety and wellbeing of healthcare team members, please email HeartofSafetyCoalition@stryker.com.  

Jennifer Clark, MD
Palliative care physician, consultant and author
Institute for Healthcare Excellence (IHE)

Patrick Kneeland, MD
Vice President of Medical Affairs, Dispatch Health

Jennifer Krippner
Chief Experience Officer
Institute for Healthcare Excellence (IHE)