Creating and Maintaining a Healthy Work Environment
Content Manager: Brenda Proffitt, MHA
 A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR STAFF RETREATS
A healthy organizational climate is essential for effective service delivery and for staff recruitment and retention. Based on our experience facilitating organizational retreats for HCH projects, the HCH Clinicians’ Network published Creating and Maintaining a Healthy Work Environment: A Resource Guide for Staff Retreats (PDF), which can be downloaded free from this site or purchased in hard copy using our Publications Order Form.
 CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER
In his highly engaging presentation, Blaze of Glory Should Not Equal Burnout, psychologist Dr. Terry Tafoya describes how clinicians can effectively challenge the stress associated with burnout into positive personal growth. This 82-minute videotape of the 1996 Network Membership Meeting may be purchased using our Publications Order Form.
HEALING HANDS ARTICLES ON HEALTHY WORK ENVIRONMENTS
LACK OF ORGANIZATIONAL RESPECT FUELS EMPLOYEE BURNOUT
One of the biggest complaints employees have, according to Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania management professor Sigal Barsade, is that "they are not sufficiently recognized by their organizations for the work they do . . . When employees don't feel that the organization respects and values them, they tend to experience higher levels of burnout." Read about the role of respect in a paper titled, "What Makes the Job Tough? The Influence of Organizational Respect on Burnout in Human Services."
ADDITIONAL ONLINE RESOURCES
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