Barnes Jewish Hospital had a research administrator who was territorial and who pushed everyone down in order to build herself up. I saw research coordinators who I knew were competent and who would go the extra mile by being available in off hours suddenly become anxious because the horrible research adminstrator was so negative towards them. I disagree with how they were treated because I think they had some real strengths that were not appreciated. I was able to achieve a lot with research before they hired the horrible research administrator. For the last two years this horrible research administrator has done nothing but try to make my life difficult, steal the value that I brought in, and to push me down. I could have achieved much more if they would have developed the competent research coordinators instead of destroying the relationships I had worked to build. I find the horrible research adminstrator repulsive and unattractive because she created a negative, punative environment. This ultimately resulted in a loss for the hospital of potential revenue because of the turnover and loss of my research progress. When the competent research coordinators were still there I was able to achieve a lot more because there was a positive, cooperative, and motivating environment. I was very dedicated when there was this positive environment, and disappointed when it was changed to a negative one.

Use the privilege you have of reaching thousands of people to impart positive motivational words. Stop calling people losers. By implication anyone who does not agree with you gets classified as such and that I do not agree with.