The Inside Story

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Hank

The flagship publication of the Labor Management Partnership, Hank (named in honor of Henry J.) brings forward the diverse perspectives of frontline workers, managers and physicians across Kaiser Permanente. It features:

• Stories about unit-based teams that have taken a collaborative approach to achieve measurable performance improvement.
• Stories about individuals who, by working in partnership, have undergone a personal shift that has changed their level of engagement at work.
• Examples of effective practices that a team or individual can apply.
• Tools that make working in partnership easier: Practical tips and techniques for improving performance and solving problems in a team environment.

Each quarterly issue also has a comic on a partnership theme, puzzles and games, a poster and more.

LMP Insider

Our monthly e-bulletin links you to useful tips, tools, team-tested practices and videos on LMPartnership.org. Subscribe today! (Scroll to the bottom of this page and enter your email address in the box.)

LMP Principles and Behaviors

A checklist from the Labor Management Partnership’s early days, with seven principles and 37 related behaviors describing what working in partnership looks like. 

Making the Case for Partnership

Inside perspectives on why unit-based teams and our Labor Management Partnership are worth the investment of time, money and energy. 

• The Case for Unit-Based Teams: A Model for Front-line Engagement and Performance Improvement, a Permanente Journal article
• The Case for Partnership, a Labor and Employment Relations (LERA) article by Dennis Dabney,  senior vice president, National Labor Relations and Office of Labor Management Partnership, Kaiser Permanente
• Leading Change Together, a book chapter by Jim Pruitt, vice president of Labor Management Partnership and Labor Relations for the Permanente Federation, and Paul Cohen, senior business consultant
• Pathways to Partnership, a 13-page brochure published three years after the partnership was formed, explaining how and why it came about, what we gain by working in partnership, and tips on how to work in partnership