Shared Leadership/Songs for a nurses retreat

Hi, Just asking if anyone has any thoughts or comments about shared leadership. At my place of employment we are moving into a totally different culture of "excellence". At this current time things are out of control on my unit. New VP of nursing desires a shared leadership culture. Whats your take? Also, we are planning a retreat for nursing staff to get everyone on board with the concept. I'am in charge of the music during breaks and meal times. Anyone with ideas on song choices? Thanks in advance. Have a wonderful day!! I would like the songs to reflect NEW BEGININGS!! Our theme will be butterflys. (new transformations) ie changes
Speaking from experience, PLEASE, PLEASE make sure that the music and the rest of the retreat speaks to your nurses as the professionals that they are.I have been to too many functions that make those attending feel like school children, or condescended to. Just my

Honestly, I doubt anyone is going to be listening to the music and catching the drift of "new beginnings". And the only types of songs I could think of would be just too cheesy. You would be better off polling what type of musice everyone likes and playing that in the background. That way people can chill out during breaks and be themselves. I would not be interested in going on a retreat with my coworkers and there are bound to be people who will not like a mandatory retreat either. If you make it too cheesy, you are not going to get the results you are looking for.

Play that song "I Kissed a Girl" - I'm sure it'll go over great!

Please don't try to make you coworkers do anything embarassing- a mandatory retreat is painful enough without Karaoke or anything like that.

This is supposed to be a nurse retreat to celebrate nursing, positivity and taking ownership of your own professional practice. I'm not making any of my co-workers attend!! If they choose not to attend thats fine with me but probably not o.k. with my new vp of nursing that was hired to induce change and get people on board or they can get out..... I was hoping to get cool responses regarding the music I choose. Thought maybe, I could get intelligent responses to help me.

We ARE trying to help you to see that a mandatory 'retreat' is not necessarily the way to build a good team or leadership. As to music, what's wrong with the suggestion that you ASK your nurses what they would like to listen to while on said retreat? That gesture might go a long way toward your goal........

I realize that you are wanting to make this a great experience. And the new VP is looking to make changes so that she will not fail the admin. She likely was told that there were problems and they hired her based on her promises to unite the nurses and fix the problems. Most nurses spend enough time at work that they do not want to attend meetings or other events during their time off. A retreat is a nice thought, but you cannot change the mindset of staff overnight or even over a few days. The change in mentality must come from the top down, starting with the CEO. Nurses want to see that they are valued and respected. This is exactly why I hate Nurses Week. Facilities will spend a few thousand dollars on trinkets and little gifts as a way to say "thank you" while the overall culture of the facility stays the same. After nurse's week is over, the staff are still treated like children. They still have to work short or with inadequate staffing grids. The staff still can't get the supplies they need to care for patients. The hospital still gets rid of ancillary staff and expects the nurses to work dietary, housekeeping, unit secretary, RT, and transport in addition to their nursing jobs.This retreat is a waste of money. Your facility would be better off to start off lowkey and make the changes so the staff can see that this is the new way of doing things and everyone is held to the same standard no matter their position in the hospital. It takes true servant leadership to change things. Without that, you can spend all the money you want on a retreat and the new vp will be the ex-vp in a year when she has failed to make good on the promises she made during her interview.

sorry you got such negative responses. I too would like to have a nurses retreat at our facility and was going to ask for any ideas on how to do one because I myself have never been to one, but now i'm afraid to ask on here. I am trying to figure out ways to make our hospital better and hopefully talk all of my co workers into it also. i think enya would be cool because she would b calming or something like owl city, they are calming and kind of upbeat. Good Luck!!!!

I hate mandatory retreats...they take time away from my life, and I don't get anything out of them. Typically full of juvenile "team building" games or provide information that is fluff and vague, nothing meaningful that really would help with my job.I volunteer to work whenever we have them. I develop a high fever and am unable to attend in the event that I can't volunteer to work during them.As for music, don't play cheesy "symbolic" music. Tacky, tacky, tacky. Why not play something decent in the background? Choose some basic, nice classical pieces as background noise, if you must play music. If you want something that everyone will recognize, try Vivaldi's Four Seasons.