As 2023 kicks off, the American Medical Association has highlighted nine key mistakes that chief wellness officers will want to avoid at work this year, including taking on too much work and trying too hard to please everyone.
Nine mistakes for chief wellness officers to avoid:
1. Conflating organizational progress metrics with metrics of CWO efficacy.
2. Not taking time to develop a clear strategy and improvement areas to focus on.
3. Rushing to build a team and hiring non-optimal employees.
4. Overseeing too many initiatives at once.
5. Taking on too much at once, and launching more initiatives than you can keep up with.
6. Becoming a complaint department — instead, refer frustrated physicians to leaders responsible for their concerns.
7. Trying to please everyone.
8. Becoming a personal resilience officer for every individual in the workplace.
9. Failing to develop a direct communication arm between the department and the organization's physicians.