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Monday Morning Manager

You’re Hired!
July 21, 2008 9:45 AM by Douglas Laher
Perhaps you've been there before. You're a department manager in a large academic center in a metropolitan area. You have vacancy rates in excess of 10 percent, and your hospital just added a new 100-bed critical care tower that will require an additional Read More...
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The Buck Stops Here
June 20, 2008 1:19 PM by Douglas Laher
Probably one of the most difficult things to do as a manager is to make decisions. Some are quite easy while others are not. While we all would love for our decisions to be celebrated with excitement and fanfare, the simple truth is that rarely does it Read More...
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What Does the AARC Do for You?
May 19, 2008 10:20 AM by Douglas Laher
Rhetorical or not, I often hear respiratory therapists ask the question... "Why aren't we treated with the same level of respect that disciplines such as nursing or pharmacy are?" Unfortunately, the answer is like the elephant in the room that no one Read More...
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Knowing When to Say When
May 5, 2008 9:18 AM by Douglas Laher
Three weeks ago, my brother-in-law asked me if I'd like to join him at a Cleveland Cavaliers basketball game. "I've got an extra ticket and thought you might like to go" he said. When he offered me the ticket, I almost jumped out of my skin. These weren't Read More...
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Become a Sultan of SWOT
April 21, 2008 10:05 AM by Douglas Laher
One thing my MBA education taught me regarding the success and failure of an organization was the importance of a thorough S.W.O.T. analysis. In simple terms, a S.W.O.T. analysis is nothing more than a 360° evaluation of an organization that scrutinizes Read More...
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The Kalahari: Friend or Foe?
March 25, 2008 9:12 AM by Douglas Laher
The Kalahari Desert in Africa is one of the hottest places on earth. The conditions are so unbearable, only the fittest can survive. Without water, dehydration takes place within hours... not days. Poisonous scorpions and rattlesnakes lie in wait... their Read More...
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Making the Grade
March 20, 2008 10:03 AM by Douglas Laher
It's that time of year again at our hospital. Performance appraisals are due. For some, it's looked at as an opportunity for constructive feedback that will allow them to improve their performance. For others, it's merely a right of passage in order to Read More...
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Far From Perfect
March 17, 2008 11:53 AM by Douglas Laher
I'm not the perfect manager. There... I've said it. While there will most certainly be a collective celebration in agreement with this statement from some of my staff, the reality is that it's true. I don't claim to be perfect, nor do I ever expect to Read More...
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Why Ask Why?
March 6, 2008 11:54 AM by Douglas Laher
I'm not sure that I understand, nor do I know why the NBRC recently granted a one year amnesty period for certified respiratory therapists who graduated prior to 2005 to sit for the RRT exam. While extending this period allows the NBRC to "help us meet Read More...
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When You’ve Got It, You’ve Got It
February 29, 2008 1:59 PM by Douglas Laher
I don't know that I ever bought into the notion that respiratory therapy (or anything else for that matter) was like riding a bike. "Once you learn how, you'll never forget" my dad used to say. Hence was the reason I was so apprehensive this week when Read More...
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Writing Your Own Ticket
February 26, 2008 12:34 PM by Douglas Laher
So there I was, sitting in my office trying to reassure my evening shift supervisor. After more than a month of non-stop, action-filled evenings that routinely included multiple rapid response calls, traumas, and code BLUE's, Mark had had enough. "Doug... Read More...
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When the Going Gets Tough… the Tough Get Going
February 25, 2008 9:29 AM by Douglas Laher
It's like clockwork every year... a new strain of influenza hits us like a shot to the back of the head with a baseball bat. Inevitably, there is always a strong respiratory component associated with the virus that cripples both the patients and the hospital Read More...
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There's no "I" in "Team"
February 18, 2008 3:46 PM by Douglas Laher
As an avid sport's fan and a lifelong Clevelander, the emergence of LeBron James as an NBA superstar has been fun to watch. This was no more evident than last night as I watched the NBA All-Star game. While almost securing a triple-double, LeBron continued Read More...
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Honesty is the Best Medicine
February 18, 2008 3:31 PM by Douglas Laher
Well it's that time of year again on the north coast for annual employee performance appraisals. Unfortunately for many employees, this occurrence is nothing more than a speed bump on their way to their annual salary increase. "Just tell me how much and Read More...
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Dress for Success
February 11, 2008 12:18 PM by Douglas Laher
This past week I interviewed a gentleman fresh out of school. As I asked him questions, he nervously shifted from one side of his seat to the other. His jaw quivered with every word out of his mouth. I reassured him that there was nothing to be nervous Read More...
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