Our success as leaders in today's clinical laboratory is determined by our success in dealing with change. Leaders must routinely implement new patient testing and data handling technologies. This necessitates achieving and maintaining competency with an ever shrinking workforce. The stress of frequent change threatens the stability of our workgroups. This is serious and deserves to be acknowledged, evaluated, and understood. This presentation will help you understand the role of culture in the laboratory and how to respond to threats to that culture.
This is meant to be interactive and the sharing of experiences will be an important part of the session. Leading change is the core of leadership. In today's clinical laboratory it is the most important work we do.
Learning Objectives
- Define and describe the relationships between change, culture, and stress.
- Explain how a change in culture can impact a workgroup.
- Summarize the different ways of dealing with stress.
Presenter: Lloyd John Eckhart, MS, MT, Quality Management Coordinator, Mayo Clinic
John was first involved with laboratory medicine as a U.S. Navy Corpsman in the late 1960's. From that experience he found his love of laboratory testing, research, and management. John received his B.S. in Medical Technology and M.S. in Clinical Pathology from the University of Iowa. After 30 years in laboratory management, he is now a Quality Management Coordinator at Mayo Clinic. In his talk today John will draw on this experience as well as what he has learned as a member of a nautical archaeology team that involved working during three summers excavating a 17th century shipwreck.
All Levels:
1.5 Credit Hours
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