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Coffee Break: Breaking the Cycle of Bullying in Healthcare, One Cup at a Time

Renee Thompson

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led healthcare leadership show focused on eliminating bullying and incivility, improving workplace culture, and building high-performing healthcare teams; external guests are typically senior nursing, hospital, and healthcare-organization leaders. Strong pitch candidates include chief nursing officers, healthcare executives, workforce well-being leaders, nursing association executives, and recognized experts in healthcare culture or leadership, with booking difficulty likely high because recent guests hold prominent executive positions.

Metrics

Episodes: 155

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

YouTube: 4.7k subscribers

Instagram: 297 followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

wecare@healthyworkforceinstitute.com

renee@healthyworkforceinstitute.com

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Host

Renee Thompson - Renee Thompson is a healthcare workplace-culture expert, author, award-winning speaker, and CEO and Founder of the Healthy Workforce Institute. With more than 31 years of experience as a clinical n...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Senior healthcare executives, chief nursing officers, nursing association leaders, hospital operations leaders, enterprise workforce well-being executives, or established experts in healthcare leadership, workplace culture, bullying, incivility, and patient-safety teams.
Required Achievements:  
Leading large hospitals or health systems, Holding executive roles in national healthcare or nursing organizations, Authoring or contributing to healthcare leadership, workforce culture, or civility initiatives, Receiving professional fellowships, awards, or national recognition, Driving measurable improvements in workforce engagement, patient safety, operations, or organizational culture

Recent Guest Discussions

Nicole Escobedo - Clinician Well-being, Workflow Redesign, Administrative Burden, Professionalism, Peer Support, Leadership Development, And Systemic Culture Change.

Alexa DeFeo - Embedding Employee Well-being Into Daily Healthcare Operations, Reducing Administrative Burden, Improving Workflows, Supporting Clinicians, And Measuring Sustainable Workforce Well-being.

Kristie Huff - Making Workforce Culture A Leadership Priority, Shared Governance, Leadership Development, Addressing Bullying And Unhealthy Team Dynamics, And Sustaining Culture Change.

Kate Fitzpatrick - Empathetic Healthcare Leadership, Hope, Healing, Trust, Workplace Bullying, Listening To Teams, And Creating Compassionate Professional Cultures.

David Wyatt - High-performing Healthcare Teams, Competence, Confidence, Patient Safety, Evidence-based Teamwork, Perioperative Leadership, And Workplace Civility.

Recent Topics

Bullying, Healthcare, Nursing, Leadership, Workplace Culture

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Coffee Break: Breaking the Cycle of Bullying in Healthcare, One Cup at a Time
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EP. 155: Ending Workplace Triangulation: How to Foster Direct, Honest Communication

September 16, 2026

Triangulation damages trust, weakens relationships, and prevents healthcare teams from addressing problems directly. In this solo episode, Dr. Renee Thompson explains how triangulation occurs when someone complains about a coworker without first speaking directly to that person. She explores why employees avoid difficult conversations, including fear of retaliation, concern about damaging relationships, and a lack of assertive communication skills. Renee also shares practical scripts leaders...

EP. 154: How to Build Stronger Perioperative Teams: Break Down Silos and Improve Workplace Culture

September 09, 2026

Strong perioperative teams are built when leaders make culture as important as clinical performance. In this episode, Molly Kucera, Associate Director of the Ambulatory Care Surgery Center at University of Iowa Health Care, discusses how perioperative leaders can build stronger relationships among nurses, physicians, and support staff to foster a more collaborative workplace. She explains that addressing disruptive behavior through compassionate, face-to-face conversations helps preserve tru...

EP. 153: Leading With Emotional Intelligence in High-Stress Healthcare Teams

September 02, 2026

Emotional intelligence is not a soft skill; it is a power skill every healthcare leader needs. In this episode, Dr. Renee Thompson speaks with Ama Mathewos, CEO of Evolve Lead Succeed, about the role of emotional intelligence in building healthy workplace cultures. Ama explains that self-awareness is the foundation of effective leadership and emphasizes the importance of self-management, emotional regulation, and pausing before reacting during difficult conversations and high-stress situatio...

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renee@healthyworkforceinstitute.com

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