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5 Senior Living Leaders Walk Into A Bar

One orders a Tito’s and soda, one orders a Diet Coke, one orders a Cabernet, one orders a Miller Light, one orders a Corona, no lime. The conversation flows. There is always a lot to catch up on.

“What do you guys think about culture? It’s become a real buzzword in other industries,” Tito’s asks the group.

Why you should blow the doors off that open door policy.

There’s always an outlier, after all. But generally speaking, we find the leaders who boast an open door policy are not great leaders.

We may have insulted one or two people out there, but please stick around for us to make our point, and do have an open mind!

Hope in Sheep’s Clothing

By igniting hope, we drive purpose and passion into aging services.

That is our mission at Drive. It’s at the end of every blog, if you are super astute and have noticed. These words are sacred to our small organization. Purpose. Passion. Hope.

Purpose and Passion

Purpose and passion have untold benefits to the seniors of the world.

We talked about blame in our last blog. It’s a nasty outcome of a subpar culture. Blame is the negative posture people tend to take when things are not clear and there is a lack of clarity where they are working. Hands are tied with blame and action is stalled;

The truth behind blame.

Ah, the blame game. Chances are you have blamed someone for something at some point in your life. Been there, done that. Perhaps you were blamed for something. Been there too.

It is emotionally satisfying to point the finger at someone else! My twin boys sure love to do it.

I’m Sorry.

The power in just two little words.

A troubling incident at a senior living community made national news recently. Not so surprising, it happens way more than any of us cares to admit. The daughter of the alleged victim, a resident living with dementia, was interviewed and something she said stuck with us.

Diagnosis: disculture. Prognosis: treatable.

In our last blog we talked about burnout and how, unfortunately, burnout and senior living go together like cold weather and the flu.

Really, burnout is nothing new. It’s just another symptom of a sickly culture. Skeleton crew team members have to work themselves to the bone to make up for the vacancies left behind by a gaping turnover.

Culture Bleeping Matters!

We were talking about culture, long before culture was cool!

And if you haven’t realized it culture is HOT right now! For the record, Drive’s been talking about culture and why it matters long before it was a hashtag! It certainly helps the culture narrative that companies like Google, Airbnb,

You’ve Been Ghosted!

Boo! Ghosting sucks.

Ghosting is a big problem right now in the senior living job interview scene. The definition is simply not showing up for an interview (or even a shift)! Can you imagine not showing up for something as important as a potential career opportunity?! Unfortunately, it is a sign of the times and very rude,

What’s Better Than a Million Dollars?

Reading this article may make you uncomfortable. You might think things like, “We could never do that!” Or, “That would never fly in my organization!” But chances are your recruitment efforts could use some shaking up and as we keep saying, the impractical route is the way to drive recruitment results!

A recent article written by Google shared how their employees valued company offered experiences more than a million dollars!

Let’s be real!

We hate to be Captain Obvious, but there’s a staffing crisis going on and if your organization isn’t rising to the occasion, battle ready, you’re going to be on the losing end of it. (Or maybe you’re already there!)

Chances are the best people for your organization are going to be courted by several competitors.

Solved! Your lurking culture mystery.

Back in the day if you had a mystery you would call the Scooby Doo Detective agency. The mystery machine would pull up with a screach and the gang would jump out with their magnifying glasses and “JINKIES!”, the mystery would be solved in minutes! Oh so easy.

Your Culture Mystery.

In senior living and so many other fields the mystery is culture,

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