PI Specialist @NorthwesternMed. Polymer Engineer & MEM from @CWRU. @GlobalShapers Impact. Endlessly curious & trying to leave things better than I found them.
Chicago, IL
Joined December 2008
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Lauren Wyeth retweeted
Check out key 2023 achievements from Northwestern Medicine Ophthalmology. Our faculty members have had another productive year — publishing in high-impact journals and achieving other career milestones as we continue to maintain a robust research portfolio and advances in research. Find out how we're improving ophthalmic care through research and more: breakthroughsforphysicians.n…
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It's nice to be needed, but it's healthier to be valued.
Being needed creates dependence: people are helpless without us, so it becomes difficult to say no.
Being valued maintains independence: there's no pressure to say yes. Helping becomes a choice, not a chore.
Lauren Wyeth retweeted
The best feature of Zoom meetings isn’t seeing people’s faces. It’s reading their comments in the chat.
When people write down their independent insights before discussing, we get more diversity of thought.
The loudest voice rarely has the best ideas.
#WednesdayWisdom
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Call your representatives today and demand they pass the #FamiliesFirst coronavirus bill. It contains:
- Free testing
- 14 days paid sick leave
- 3 months paid family leave
- Expanded unemployment insurance & food security
- Medicaid funds
Lives are on the line. (202) 224-3121
Lauren Wyeth retweeted
Diversity often makes us uncomfortable. That’s one of the reasons it has value.
Discomfort motivates us to think more deeply, prepare more carefully, and explain ourselves more thoroughly.
RIP Kathy Phillips—a groundbreaking scholar and a great person.
nytimes.com/2020/02/13/busin…
Lauren Wyeth retweeted
Greatness is something you pursue, not something you achieve.
It starts with holding your present self to higher standards than your past self.
You don't get to lower the bar once you've made it. The higher you climb, the more responsible you are for continuing to raise it.
Lauren Wyeth retweeted
Our companies and countries need leaders who are givers, not takers.
Takers demand attention. Givers pay attention.
Takers brag about success. Givers take responsibility for failure.
Takers aim to be better than others. Givers strive to do better for others.
#wef20 #davos2020
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After women get promoted to CEO, they’re 2x as likely as men to get divorced.
Apparently one of the reasons is male ego.
Hey men: when the women you love succeed, it's not a threat to your status. It's a cause for celebration.
#SundayThoughts #wef20 theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
Lauren Wyeth retweeted
When everyone wants to be the smartest person in the room, teams become dumb and dumber.
When people strive to raise the intelligence in the room, teams become smarter.
Surround yourself with people who focus more on improving others than proving themselves.
#MondayMotivation
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1. Be a collaborator, not an opponent.
2. Speak human to human.
3. Anticipate reactions and plan countermoves.
4. Replace blame with curiosity.
5. Ask for feedback on how you communicate.
6. Measure psychological safety.
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Lauren Wyeth retweeted
“Good listening is not a matter of technique but of having the willingness to enter into another person’s life.” What a super essay on the basis for real empathy for patients, via @nytimes! nytimes.com/2019/12/17/opini…
Lauren Wyeth retweeted
The key to productivity isn't habits or hacks. It's motivation.
When you find your work exciting, you're naturally drawn into starting it.
When it has a real impact on those around you, you become driven to persist until you finish it.
#MondayMotivation tim.blog/
Lauren Wyeth retweeted
Narcissistic leaders refuse to change and choose to stagnate.
Humble leaders adapt to make themselves better.
Servant leaders reinvent themselves to make the people around them better.
#SaturdayThoughts
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How not to use power:
-Demean others
-Brag about yourself
-Complain about how you're treated
If that's your M.O., you may hold a position of authority, but you're no leader.
Leaders don't take credit for doing good. They take responsibility for doing better.
#WednesdayWisdom
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"The key to improving care is to remember that people want to be respected. Dignity matters. People and caregivers want to be seen as who they are–human beings.”- @scphillipsmd @Intermountain Chief Patient Experience Officer @PressGaney #PGNCC19 #patientsafety #patientexperience
Lauren Wyeth retweeted
If you only promote the people who agree with you, you end up building an organization of followers, not of leaders.
Your future leaders aren't the people who conform to the norm. They're the ones with a healthy disrespect for the status quo.
#TuesdayThoughts
Lauren Wyeth retweeted
Changing the culture of an organization is daunting. Changing the culture of a team is doable.
(1) Model the values you want to see
(2) Identify and praise others who exemplify them
(3) Build a coalition of colleagues who are committed to the change
#SaturdayThoughts
Lauren Wyeth retweeted
Four Season's Hotels 's COO says the interactions his employees have with guests & each other are what truly distinguishes his luxury brand.
So he hires people "for their soft skills & personality traits (#empathy, self-regulation & social awareness) & trains on the hard skills”
Lauren Wyeth retweeted
A sign of character is the ability to see some virtues in the people whose vices you criticize.
Seeing people as uniformly flawed limits your learning. Studying the strengths of your adversaries makes you stronger.
#SundayThoughts
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Dear managers: pay isn't a carrot you dangle to motivate people. It's a symbol of how much you value them.
Motivate by designing meaningful jobs where people have freedom, mastery, connection, and impact. Appreciate by paying them well.
#FridayThoughts