Welcome to Part 1 of our Emotional Onboarding series on The Healthcare Plus Podcast. Hosted by Dan Collard, we’re kicking off this 5-part series with special guest Dr. Katherine Meese, a researcher and expert in the space of organizational behavior and leadership.

Dan and Katherine’s conversation explores several key facets of Emotional Onboarding™, a solution that improves early retention by reducing new hire anxiety and accelerating their feeling that they belong and are part of a team.

Dr. Meese shares the latest research and industry insights on key areas of focus, including:

• The importance of building trust in the first 30-90 days and demonstrating flexibility and understanding through the hiring process
• Myth-busting what “belonging” really means and strategies for developing high-performing teams
• The significance of co-worker relationships in early onboarding and retention and how to best include peers in the interview and hiring process
• Challenges facing the multi-generational workforce and lessons learned from other industries

Stay tuned over the next month as Dan Collard explores what Emotional Onboarding looks like in practice with leaders from four organizations across the continuum of healthcare.

About Dr. Katherine Meese

With fifteen years of experience in healthcare management, leadership and research, Dr. Meese is an award-winning scholar and author in the field of organizational behavior, well-being, and leadership. She is the Founder and CEO of HuMargin Group which takes a data-driven, scientific  approach to help organizations solve their complex human challenges. Dr. Meese has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and has served as an evaluator on multi-million dollar grants.  She has co-authored two textbooks on organizational behavior in healthcare that are used in over 160 schools across the country. Her most recent book is The Human Margin: Building the Foundations of Trust with Quint Studer.

Dr. Meese also teaches and mentors graduate, doctoral and executive students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Health Services Administration, home to the #1 ranked MSHA program (U.S. News and World Report).

She is an internationally recognized keynote speaker, delivering over 100 presentations, workshops and keynotes across the globe. Her passion is to translate data and research into meaningful knowledge to help leaders and organizations support their humans.

Dr. Meese has a B.B.A from Texas A&M, an MPH from the University of Texas Health Science Center, and a PhD from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She lives in the Nashville, TN area with her husband and two children.