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Blog spotlight: Teambuilding idea!

Nurse Leader Weekly, June 23, 2008

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This week, get your staff members working as a team by trying out this tip from our retention expert, Bonnie Clair, BSN, RN:

This is a quick idea you can implement either at the beginning or the end of a staff meeting. The purpose is two-fold: To provide the opportunity for staff members to identify unit concerns they'd like to see addressed, and to help them think outside the box for possible solutions.

What you will need:
A piece of paper and a pen for each person, and a small basket.

What to do:
1. Ask each staff member to write a unit problem, issue, or concern they'd like help with solving (you may need to describe an acceptable concern that can be addressed by staff).
2. Have each staff member fold their piece of paper and drop it into the basket.
3. Ask one person to choose a folded piece of paper. Without reading it, ask him or her to hand it to someone else.
4. Have the recipient of the folded paper select two peers with whom he or she would like to work
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until everyone is on a problem-solving team.

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