Stories

Cultivating joy in work can lead to greater fullfilment and less stress. 

Every team needs to master the basics so it can improve service and quality. 

Flexing muscles, being flexible: This team at the Fontana Medical Center in Southern California is an example of how partnership is a strength. 

Our Focus Areas help teams focus on what really matters. 

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

"I look at (partnership) as a marriage," says Denice L. Washington, an OPEIU Local 29 business representative who is the labor co-lead to the Northern California LMP Steering Committee. "You have to work at a marriage every day. Don’t take it for granted....There are hard conversations that have to happen, and you’ve got to have the ability to trust your partner and be open and receptive to ideas."
Visit the Humans of Partnership page for more 20th anniversary reflections. 

When mid-level leaders from both management and unions build skills in key partnership concepts, they are in a better position to support unit-based teams. 

Solving problems together as a team, such as this one in Georgia, can help keep stress and burnout at bay. 

"If you are going to be a good partner, you have to have your partner’s interests in mind as well as your own," says Michael Belmont. 

Henrietta, the resident columnist for the LMP's quarterly magazine Hank, urges KP employees to to explore new ways of doing their work.