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Workers who participate in huddles and other UBT activities say they feel freer to speak and are better supported in their own health. They're also less likely to get injured or miss work. 

How Unit-Based Teams Make Kaiser Permanente a Better Place to Work

People Pulse surveys show that good things happen when people get involved in unit-based team activities: fewer injuries, more influence over decisions, higher patient satisfaction and more.

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The Library section of LMPartnership.org  is easy to navigate. Everything is in its own category — exactly like your local library — except you don’t have to be quiet.

Browse or Borrow, No Library Card Needed

Everything is in its own category but no "shushing."

June 13, 2018
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Our Focus Areas help teams focus on what really matters. 

Keep Your Eye on the Prize

Focus Areas are where it's at.

June 13, 2018
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The team-tested practices section can help your team learn from others' successes and failures. 

Take the Easy Way Out

Get ideas from other teams instead of starting from scratch.

June 13, 2018
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Unit-based teams making progress along the Path to Performance leads to our patients and members getting better care. 

Inventing Better Care

Progressing along the Path to Performance for our patients.

June 13, 2018
A team huddle

The Sick Leave Health Reimbursement Account rewards good attendance, supports effective teams and serves the needs of KP members and patients.

Meet Your National Agreement: Sick Leave HRA Rewards Good Attendance

Take advantage of your unused sick leave when your retire.

May 14, 2018
Health care workers (including one dressed a giant banana) exercising together

Tip 1 of 12: Party-hardy to celebrate both successes and failures. Those are great learning opportunities. 

12 Tips for Building Your Team in 2018

Make every month count with these helpful ideas.

February 20, 2018
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Meet Your National Agreement: Change Is Here, Be Prepared

How our contract helps employees skill up.

February 20, 2018
Workers studying a manual.

The Labor Management Partnership provides many tools and resources to build team members' skills.

How Managers Can Support Career Development

Great managers build their team's skills. Here's how.

December 12, 2017

Six Ways to Keep Your Skills Sharp

Strategies from workforce development experts.

December 12, 2017
Abelene Cerezo-Kirtley and her father.

Medical assistant Abelene Cerezo-Kirtley can better care for her patients—and her dad (above)—thanks to new skills learned in the digital fluency program.

Let’s Get Digital

How to get smart about digital technology.

October 24, 2017
Group of patients, family members and KP staff

Who will care for the caregiver? Using human-centered design concepts, patients, their family members, frontline workers and KP leaders are finding ways to ensure patients are safe at home and caregivers get the support they need. 

Caring for the Caregivers

Easing the burden that falls to patients’ family, friends.

October 11, 2017
A South Sacramento unit-based team

Unit-based teams are one of the key innovations of the Labor Management Partnership, creating a platform for consistently involving frontline workers in problem solving. Shown here, members of the South Sacramento Medical Center Emergency Department clerical UBT, which launched a project to use portable laptops to capture patient signatures at intake and discharge, saving nearly $90,000 in 2016. 

Labor Management Partnership Celebrates 20th Year

California governor congratulates LMP on its success.

September 29, 2017

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