On this season’s closer, Dr. Shari Dade is joined by Dr. Charlotte McCloskey. Dr. McCloskey is the Local Recovery Coordinator and staff Psychologist of the Kansas City VA Medical Center. In her role she serves as the VISN Point of Contact for both fellow Local Recovery Coordinators and the Supervisors of Veteran Peer Support Specialists. Dr. McCloskey is also the EPIC Coordinator, Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention’s Tele-mental Health Champion and serves on many of Kansas City VA’s hospital wide committees. For example, she is the Co-Chair for the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion SharePoint where she acts as a Subject Matter Expert. Also serving as a SME for JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Consultation Program. She is formerly a Postdoctoral Training Director and most recently, Dr. McCloskey is very proud of helping set up the Kansas City VA’s Second Victim Program-RISE, where she is a core trainer.
Listen in for a discussion of how to increase and sustain employee engagement.
Key Lessons:
1) Evaluate the last 3 months of the activities you have been engaged in at work and ask yourself, “what has brought me a spark?” Make a list of these things and chat with your supervisor about how you might engage in more of these activities.
2) Engaging in activities that bring you purpose will help you sustain employee engagement.
3) “The single most important thing that can keep workers deeply and happily engaged on the job is moving forward on work they care about – even if the progress is an ‘incremental’ small win.’ “– Dr. Teresa Amabile
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