Creating a People-Centered Organization: 12 Organizational Actions to Reduce Burnout and Foster Professional Fulfillment

Creating a People-Centered Organization presents twelve evidence based organizational actions to reduce burnout and foster professional fulfilment in clinical settings. It focuses on well-being, values alignment, and meaning, by introducing ten ideal work elements that support motivation and engagement. Offering practical strategies for building systems that prioritize staff welfare and patient care, it is essential for healthcare leaders and academic programs focused on resilient, people-centered organizational transformation.

Dr. Stephen J. Swensen is a recognized expert, speaker, and inter-disciplinary researcher in wellbeing, leadership, and organizational development. For 35 years he served patients at Mayo Clinic as a clinician, scientist, educator, and executive leader. He is active as a Senior Fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and a Transformational Fellow at The NARBHA Institute. Stephen has been married for 48 years, has two children, and has completed 39 running and cross-country skate ski marathons.

Dr. Tait Shanafelt Dr. Tait Shanafelt is an international thought leader and researcher in the field of clinician well-being and its implications for quality of care. His pioneering studies in this area over 25 years ago are credited with helping launch the entire field of organizational efforts to promote clinician well-being. He has published over 600 peer reviewed manuscripts and has served in executive leadership positions at both Stanford Medicine and Mayo Clinic as well as served on the National Academy Clinician Well-being Steering Committee on Clinician Well-being. Tait has been married for 23 years and has four children.