Category: Employee Engagement
Employee Engagement
PopularThe New Senior Living Worker
What if senior living leaders embraced the new reality that team members are a lot more interested in work-life balance?
In Defense of the Sandwich Method
The sandwich method, at its core, is about taking time to think about and appreciate your team member’s efforts.
Read MoreOpen the Dang Window
Hire for skill, not for age — or you’re cutting yourself short, and you’re discounting some people who are at the top of their game.
Read MoreIf You Want Better Quality Team Members …
Your team members will get better instantaneously if you begin to see them as amazing, exceptional employees who you are lucky to have.
Read MoreStaffing Mandates Done Right (Part 3)
It is time for the industry to step up to the table, demand change and propose a new way of doing things that is fair and reasonable to everyone.
Read More8 Ways Staffing Software Affects Your Budget
Staffing expenditures are through the roof. How are you supposed to sustain this?! Here’s an unexpected solution.
Read MoreStaffing Mandates — No Way (Part 2)
The industry should be concerned because it appears the number of comments supporting mandates is much higher than those opposing mandates.
Read MoreStaffing Mandates — Yes (Part 1)
The industry has this opportunity to say, “Staffing mandates are good for residents, families, and team members. Here is what they should look like.”
Read More100% Passionate
It turns out that you are better off to not take on that project or that initiative if you do not have that person who is fully committed.
Read MoreThe $0.75 Christmas Bonus
It would be better to budget nothing and look like it was an oversight than to say, “We thought about it, and that is all we think you are worth.”
Read MoreThe $29 Blunder … That Cost a Million
I was recently talking to a senior living executive director who told me this depressing story about ice cream.
Read MoreBusting the 1099 Worker Myths
Believing the myth about risk and 1099 workers can result in a community losing control over who the staffing agency will send.
Read More3 Disastrous HR Problems — Solved
Meet your issues solver: Brett Landrum, founder and co-CEO of Procare HR. Brett answered Steve Moran’s toughest HR questions. Here’s his advice.
Read MoreTo Get the Inside Scoop, You Have to Ask the Right People
If you are serious about getting perspective on what’s happening inside senior living communities, check out this article!
Read MoreIf You Need to Hire More Nurses
Nursing videos are the third most popular professional videos on TikTok. The best way to hire nurses is to be where nurses are.
Read MoreThe World’s Best Senior Living Cultures Are …
These senior living organizations have higher occupancy and a much easier time recruiting staff. This all translates into a better bottom line.
Read MoreThis May Be Too Radical … Even for Me
Not only did this grab the attention of workers, it also got the attention of a national news outlet.
Read MoreHow Many Batteries Are Needed to Run a CNA (Into the Ground)?
Kathy’s book gets into how those who serve can keep energized. She points out six “batteries” that need to be charged and stay charged by management.
Read MoreStop Bitching About Staffing
There are two things you need to do that are simple, though not always easy, that will transform your organization.
Read More13 Things Execs Would Learn If They Worked in a Community Once a Month
Everyone has good ideas about how to make the community and the company better. They need to be listened to and heard.
Read MoreFeedback Technique That Will Transform Your Organization
It turns out that there is one feedback technique that works better than all others. Here are the 19 words:
Read More9 Reasons Good Executive Directors Are Hard to Hire
Figure these things out, and you will have the best executive directors in the world and the highest performing communities in the country.
Read MoreAvoidance, Denial, Silence: You Can’t Avoid This Elephant
Here’s an “elephant” you may be avoiding: Your CNAs. And yet they represent your largest employee base. Their needs denied, suggestions met with silence.
Read MorePrisoners, Not Immigrants, to Solve the Staff Shortage
There is this belief that immigration will solve the senior living staffing problem that is growing bigger every day. DON’T COUNT ON IT!
Read MoreThe Greatest Opportunity in the World — Anyone Can Do It
This more than anything would transform senior living, because there are enough residents for every senior living apartment in this country.
Read More5 Critical Questions About Your Staffing Challenges
There are enough people who would love to work in senior living in your communities. The fix will start when you tackle these questions.
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