A Journey of Cultural Transformation: Engaging the Hearts of Teams and Leaders to Elevate the Experience
Published February 27, 2018
The following case study from The University of Chicago Medicine (UChicago Medicine) illustrates how this institution capitalized on their people as their biggest asset. Valuing their people (clinical and non-clinical alike), engaging them in experiences that reconnects them to purposeful and meaningful interactions, identifying and leveraging their strengths and acknowledging their capacity to change a world is the catalyst which fuels transformational change to cultivate a palpable culture of caring.
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