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You are here: TxDirector > Addiction MedicineAdministrator's CornerClinical SupervisionClinicians CornerColumnistsCounselor WellnessCredentialingDomestic ViolenceEmploymentFamily IssuesMental HealthOf Interest To EveryonePreventionReaders RequestsReading RoomSelf-HelpSpiritualityTreatmentTreatment Populations > AccreditationBusiness StructureEmployee Assistance ProgramsEthicsFunding and FiscalLegal IssuesMarketingOperationsOutcomes MeasurementStarting a Treatment ServiceSupervision An Action Plan on Behavioral Health Workforce Development 2008-02-05 Across the nation, there is a high degree of concern about the current state and future direction of the workforce for preventing and treating mental health and substance use disorders. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Retaining Employees in a Behavioral Health Treatment Business - Part 4 of 4 2007-10-15 Topic: Administrator's Corner By Sherry Kimbrough, M.S., NCAC To maintain a healthy workforce, it is essential to support and reward employees, helping to sustain their commitment to your organization and to the greater good they provide as helpers. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Retaining Employees in a Behavioral Health Treatment Business - Part 3 of 4 2007-09-27 Topic: Administrator's Corner By Sherry Kimbrough, M.S., NCAC One of the ways to start out right with your new employees is to assure that they feel welcomed, valued, prepared, and challenged. A good way to start is making sure that their work area is prepared for their arrival. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback A Few Pointers On the Unpleasant Topic of Firing Volunteers 2007-09-05 By Sarah Jane Rehnborg, Ph.D. One of the greatest fears of those not experienced in working with volunteers is the misconception that volunteers cannot be fired. Although firing or removing a volunteer is the clearly not a desirable task, it can be done, and indeed at times must be done. Furthermore, the staff and the other volunteers serving your organization deserve a to be part of a work environment that honors good performance and addresses problematic situations. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Using a Professional Development Plan Form in Clinical Supervision 2007-07-02 Topics: Administrator's Corner | Clinical Supervision By Sherry Kimbrough, M.S., NCAC As a supervisor, supporting clinicians in providing treatment services with an eye to ongoing professional improvment can be difficult to document. Using a Professional Development Plan form can assist the supervisor in working collaboratively with the clinician to set goals, emphasize progress and record accomplishments. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Retaining Employees in a Behavioral Health Treatment Business Part 2 of 4 2007-06-18 Topics: Administrator's Corner | Clinical Supervision By Sherry Kimbrough, M.S., NCAC What is it about some organizations that seem to keep employees for at least 3-5 years? When employees leave that organization, it's because they got a much better opportunity or other factors, such as family relocation. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Retaining Employees in a Behavioral Health Treatment Business Part 1 of 4 2007-03-28 Topic: Administrator's Corner By Sherry Kimbrough, M.S., NCAC Happy long term employees clearly provide better service to your patients, ensuring one of the leading factors in business success is present in your operations. The four elements of the workplace that can support staff members in becoming long term employees and affect how they act at work are: View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Is Multitasking Counterproductive? 2007-01-30 Topics: Administrator's Corner | Clinicians Corner | Of Interest To Everyone By Jo Averill-Snell Pay attention. At least for a few minutes, forget the other applications on your computer. Ignore the e-mails that ceaselessly stream in or your cell phone as it pleads for your attention. Try not to do what modern life often demands: multitask. View and Post Feedback This article has 0 Feedback Founder's Syndrome 2006-11-28 Topic: Administrator's Corner By Carter McNamara This syndrome occurs when, rather than working toward its overall mission, the organization operates primarily according to the personality of a prominent person in the organization, for example, the founder, board chair/president, chief executive, etc. View and Post Feedback This article has 1 Feedback Performance Enhancement - Diagnosing Performance Problems 2006-07-19 Topics: Administrator's Corner | Clinical Supervision | Of Interest To Everyone By Robert Bacal No amount of time spent on solving a performance problem will work if the manager and employee don't know what is causing the problem. Too often the root cause of barriers to performance is not identified correctly, and so performance continues to suffer. This article maps out a process for diagnosing performance problems. 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