EF6 - Navigating by the stars? Try GPS. How two FHT Leaders used Brain Research to Increase Team Collaboration and Physician Engagement

Theme 6. Leadership and governance for accountable care

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Navigating by the stars? Try GPS. How two FHT Leaders used Brain Research to Increase Team Collaboration and Physician Engagement

Summary

  • An essential challenge of leaders within Family Health Teams is to create the conditions for high functioning individuals to reorganize into higher functioning, complex and adaptive teams. To do that successfully requires navigating the invisible barriers to engaging others. In this workshop we will demonstrate how understanding the social wiring of the brain can lead to powerful strategies to motivate and engage others. We will present examples of how targeting these social drivers of behaviour led to increased physician engagement and improved team performance in 2 Family Health teams. You will leave with practical and simple tools that you can use to lead your team to a more collaborative and effective level of functioning.

Presenters

  • Penny Paucha, Principal, Instincts at Work
  • Mary Atkinson, Executive Director, North Perth FHT
  • Barb Major McEwan, Executive Director, North Huron FHT
  • F Elyse Savaria, MD, Lead Physician, Owen Sound FHT

Learning Objectives

  • Identify leadership and governance challenges that derail the effectiveness of FHT’s Identify hidden, structural barriers that prevent effective collaboration Highlight key leadership skills Learn about the social drivers of team behaviour. Learn new strategies to reduce conflict and increase engagement. Develop an action plan to more effectively engage others.