GI Unit Leadership: (Re)Starting Your Quality Program (On-demand) | February 2023-Presentation 3 Building and Cultivating your Team John Martin

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In the video, Dr. John Martin discusses the importance of building and cultivating a strong team in a medical practice. He highlights the need for a unified plan with a forward-thinking vision in recruitment, retention, termination, and outsourcing. Building a team requires a systematic approach, developing a system that is more than just a collection of individuals, but a group working together towards a common goal. Cultivating the team involves fostering growth and improvement through labor, care, and study. Dr. Martin emphasizes the importance of creating a culture that propels the team forward and allows for building for the future. He defines a team as a group of people who act together to achieve a common goal. Recruitment involves searching for talent and skill sets in an organized manner to ensure the person not only fulfills the clinical needs, but also fits into the team's culture and enhances it. Retention of exceptional talent is crucial, and Dr. Martin suggests providing opportunities for career and personal growth, recognition and support, and fair compensation. However, termination may be necessary if someone does not fit the team's culture or values. Outsourcing can help meet the team's skill and talent needs by adding external ideas temporarily or even permanently hiring exceptional outsourced individuals. Dr. Martin concludes by emphasizing that human resources are the most important and valuable resources in a medical practice. They are the frontline members driving income and should be valued and supported. Overall, building and cultivating a strong team involves careful planning and attention to recruitment, retention, termination, and outsourcing.

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building a strong team

cultivating a strong team

unified plan

recruitment

retention

termination

outsourcing