8 ways to re-energize staff after a long weekend

Three-day weekends are good for morale, but Tuesday mornings can feel like slogging through molasses. Pent-up patient demand, a backlog of portal messages and the everyday churn of a busy clinic all converge at once. If administrators don’t supply a positive jolt in the first few hours back, energy dips escalate into errors, overtime and unhappy patients. The good news: You don’t need lavish budgets or elaborate retreats to lift the mood. Brief, targeted interventions can reboot momentum in minutes and keep it humming all week.

Here are eight evidence-based strategies you can deploy the moment your doors open.