Susan Keane Baker

Programs

Getting to 99: Achieving a Culture of Service Excellence

Leaders have a responsibility to teach and inspire staff to interact with others in a positive manner. What does it take to develop a culture of service excellence, where commitment to patients is expected and routine? How can you take what you learn at a service quality program and integrate that knowledge in your own organization? After attending this program you will be able to recognize and reduce the obstacles to maintaining a culture of service excellence; use exercises and assessments taught in this program with your own staff; and encourage appropriate discretionary behavior on the part of staff.

Speaker Information

Susan Keane Baker MHA, is the author of Managing Patient Expectations: The Art of Finding & Keeping Loyal Patients. Her book has been ranked #3 on Amazon.com's list of 100 top sellers in the general medicine category. With Leslie Bank, she is co-author of "I'm Sorry to Hear That..." Real Life Responses to Patients' 101 Most Common Complaints About Health Care.

Susan is an experienced health care professional with seventeen years experience as vice president at New York and Connecticut hospitals. She also directed the quality initiatives program for a national PPO with 19 million members.

Since starting her own company in 1994, Susan has spoken for groups in 47 states. Who are the holdouts? Well, if you know anyone in North Dakota, Alaska or Montana.....

For her communications work, Susan was awarded the General Electric Circle Award and a Life Communicators Award of Excellence. She is a Certified Speaking Professional, the highest earned designation of the speaking profession. Susan is a Commissioner of the Connecticut State Commission on Medicolegal Investigations.

Susan is a current member of the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award.
Throughout her career, Susan has been pegged a workaholic by friends. The point was proven when she was struck by lightning while traveling to give a presentation. The speech took precedence over a visit to the emergency department. When she's not traveling, Susan enjoys spending time on the Connecticut River with her husband George and children Jane and Thomas.

Known for providing practical, relevant content in a dynamic and enthusiastic manner*, Susan will inspire your staff or association members to implement strategies that result in enhanced job and patient satisfaction.

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Testimonials

"This program offered many techniques for patient relations - dealing with negative issues and difficult people, how to get to a satisfactory resolution for both the patient and the medical center." Karen Caruso Quality Management/Patient Relations St. Vincent's Medical Center Bridgeport, CT