Leadership

CHICAGO — No long-term care leader should have to sacrifice their personal life in order to achieve career goals, industry experts stressed during the latest McKnight’s thought-leadership panel discussion. 

To solve our staffing shortage, we must address the issue of gender parity in leadership. And to do that, we must embrace our fear, speak up, and act; we must start the tough conversations.

As leaders, we are often faced with the notion of selflessness and selfishness. It may be hard to recognize, but it happens to all of us.  Recently, yet another line was blurred for us as leaders...

I think everyone has heard the expression, “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” Right? Though the idea of eating an elephant makes me want to become a vegetarian. (But I digress.) OK,...

As I reviewed the many recent long-term care happenings and articles to select a topic for this week’s blog, my mind kept returning to the fascinating column by researchers Lindsey Creapeau and Jennifer...

Servant leadership takes thoughtfulness and introspection, but it will save you valuable employees in the long run. 

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and wind blows cold – when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. — Charles Dickens, “Great Expectations” I remember calling...

Trust can be difficult to earn in long-term care. It’s not that residents do not trust the nurses and CNAs who care for them on a daily basis.  In fact, for the twentieth straight year, nurses are considered...

As we kick off March Madness, I got to thinking about competition in leadership. Competition is one of my personal top five strengths, and I know it’s a motivator for me in many ways. 

We reviewed the latest on how to develop CEO skills and reflected on our own effective habits to create this guide for cultivating the abilities needed in our industry.