As industry-specific trends emerge, insight into talent dynamics becomes a real advantage in hiring and retention.
ADP’s Christian Gomez spoke with Linda McHugh and Tria Deibert from Hackensack Meridian Health about the unique talent needs of the healthcare industry and what HR leaders need to know to build and sustain strong teams.
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Christian Gomez
One of the things that I know is that there are armies of professionals and leaders like yourself, that have dedicated their lives to helping organizations create a better, healthier, more productive environment. But specifically, there's others like you that have dedicated their careers to doing that in the context of health care, caring for caregivers. Given your journey, given all of the amazing things that you're seeing and the very well-deserved recognition that your teams are getting.
What advice would you have for those individuals that are either in your position of leadership or maybe an other, maybe more entry level or earlier in their careers, but are very passionate about the type of work that you're doing. What advice would you have for them?
Linda McHugh
I would say it's a journey. It doesn't happen all at once. You have to start with a base and continue to build. I would also say that you have to have a leadership team that's supportive. From the CEO on down. It's really, essential that they believe, in what you're trying to do and, and, and help support that initiative.
Linda McHugh
But I think nothing like I said, nothing happens overnight. It's a journey and never give up. Right. So persistence is key.
Tria Deibert
I agree. I think persistence and drive are really important in any industry. I also would encourage people to take every opportunity that comes their way, and to throw their hat in the ring whenever something lights them up. Because there's no straight path. I've learned, right, in your career or in leadership. I was a marketer. I never thought I'd be doing what I do now, but it was a great opportunity.
I, you know, we talk about imposter syndrome. The first year I was in the role. Every day I felt like I wasn't enough. But over time, you know, you build your skills, you learn, you're inquisitive. And you keep going. And so I would encourage anybody to take those opportunities, even when they're scary. Especially when they're scary.
Linda McHugh
Yeah, especially when there’s a. little bit of fear going into something new. Then maybe you shouldn't be doing it. That's not pushing you enough to grow.
Tria Deibert
Right. And we have a great organization. People ask me, I'm going to be here 20 years next week, and people ask me why I've stayed. It's because they've never let me get bored. There's always something new. There's always a new challenge. Good or sometimes challenging. Right? And health care can be very challenging. But it's been amazing.
Linda McHugh
And you can't be afraid to fail. I mean, you can. You should try. If we just tried something with one of our benefits. It's not working out. We met yesterday with a group of clinicians, and we're going to pull back to the way we are doing it before. But we try. And, you know, you've got to be willing to admit when something's not working.
All right. What's the solution? Not get not get defensive, but figure out what's what's the next what can we do differently to make an improve for our team members?
