Performance Management: Setting Yourself up for Success

Lauren MacFarlane is a clinical educator at Bethany and takes pride in her performance management experience. When the performance management program was introduced to staff last spring she was excited to develop her goals and take ownership in achieving them. Lauren focused on clinical education, working with her team to set individual and collaborative goals.

Now halfway through the performance management year, Lauren says she carries around a printed copy of her goals in her work book to make sure she is on track.

Two of Lauren’s goals are:

• Collaboratively creating a medication assistance program for supportive living at Bethany Airdrie and Cochrane.
• Reviewing current tools for pain management in collaboration with the palliative/end of life care educator, which will result in an education component for mandatory training in 2018.

Focusing on her goals in her day-to-day work helps keep Lauren focused, while also recognizing that things may change along the way and it’s important to be flexible. Lauren says the performance management program creates the opportunity for staff to have new experiences to learn and grow. Lauren is excited to showcase her work at the end of the year, and hopes her colleagues will be inspired and be open to learning something along the way!