Peer Advice
05/14/2013
UFCW Local 1996 Business Agent Louise Dempsey discusses what it's like to be a union activist in the South at Kaiser Permanente.
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05/04/2013
700 delegates from the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions gathered in Southern California from May 3-5 to hone their leadership skills and share experiences. This is the face of the 2013 Union Delegates Conference.
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04/30/2013
What keeps union activists motivated to keep working in partnership? How does it empower frontline workers and teach them to lead, collaborate and innovate? We asked a few frontline leaders and this is what they told us.
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04/10/2013
A leader's firsthand report on why time visiting with frontline teams is time well spent.
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03/15/2013
In this column, Ravida Benjamin, busy RN and mom, tells her story of weight-loss and transformation and answers some practical questions about what it takes to succeed.
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11/08/2012
Tom Harburg, MD, talks about his experience as a sponsor and the value of having the physician involved in the unit-based team in the Fall 2012 Hank.
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11/08/2012
Andrea Badellebess, OPEIU Local 29 labor liaison, and a labor sponsor of unit-based teams, talks about what it means to be a "family team" in the Fall 2012 Hank.
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11/08/2012
Linda J. Bodell, clinical director of Medical-Surgical Services at the Fontana Medical Center, discusses what works as a management sponsor of UBTs in the Fall 2012 Hank.
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07/23/2012
Gena Bailey, the service area director in the Northwest’s Mid-Valley area, sees her role as a sponsor as an extension of her responsibility to help her staff provide great care to members and patients. She gives advice to fellow sponsors in this short slideshow.
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03/01/2012
In this first-person story, a nurse in the Northwest explains how her years of union experience helped her become a better manager.
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