Teamwork is evolving.

Productivity, performance, and job satisfaction rely on teamwork. In this episode, you'll hear from experts on the Orlando Health Well-Being Cabinet as they unpack the process of building and strengthening a team over time. This panel of well-being experts (Dr. Kenny Tello, Gretchen Santana, Kelly Matthew, Bob Levesque, Diane Anderson, and Kayla Watson) explores the connection between intentionality, alignment, and culture with the overarching theme of organizational well-being. Regardless of your role, this episode will provide you with practical next steps to enhance teamwork in your profession.

To go deeper, check out two related episodes from the Orlando Health Well-Being Podcast: #55 with Leticia Valentin, which highlights innovation and problem-solving through curiosity, and #42 with Frankie Morales, which explores optimism, potential, and teamwork.

Here are a few questions that can be used for a discussion around the content from this episode:

1. What kind of culture do you want for your team?
2. As demands increase, challenges arise, and changes occur, how can you and your team continually adapt in a way that supports well-being and enhances the team culture?
3. What steps can you take to improve connection, trust, and accountability within your team?

In this THROWBACK episode, we revisit a previous conversation with Morgan Kennedy-Lamphier, Manager of Business Relationship Management for the IT/CE ERP team at Orlando Health. She shares her own personal story of self-discovery and the different ways she cultivates and maintains joy in all areas of her life.

If you found this episode helpful, you may also enjoy Episode #43 Choosing an Optimistic Mindset or Episode #48 Let’s Have Some Fun.

Guiding Questions:

1. What activities, places, or people bring you joy?
2. What are some simple ways that you can share joy with others, both professionally and personally?
3. How can you stage your environment to encourage joy and well-being?

This episode features Bob Levesque, LCSW, Dorcas Cepeda, LMHC, Jasmine Metellus, LMHC, and Maggy Mead, LMHC, who are psychotherapists within the Team Member Assistance Program at Orlando Health. This panel explores the concept of connection and the vital role it plays in all relationships, especially in families. Learn what connection is, how to strengthen family relationships no matter the type of family, and what can encourage the learning of the soft skills of cooperation, discipline, and working together that translate to the work space.

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also want to check out episode #26 Bob Levesque - Improving our Connections, #32 Dorcas Cepeda - Healthy Boundaries, or #36 Jasmine Metellus - Self-Care.

Guiding Questions:
1. Our panel highlighted the importance of psychological safety within families and how daily habits such as sharing dinner together implies safety.
What are some daily habits that come to mind that build psychological safety with family members?
2. Family connections are often built from small bits of interactions. What are some opportunities throughout the week that can create a micro-connection of 5-10 minutes with a family member?
3. Our panel suggested asking open-ended questions such as “Can you give me a high point and a low point of your day?” Instead of asking a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ question of your child, what open-ended question could you ask to start a conversation?