While a healthy paycheck is certainly of interest to many of us, the most successful employers have come to understand that pay alone does not attract or retain a company’s most desirable and talented employees. There is now greater employee ...
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Running a senior care living facility comes with its own unique needs and challenges compared to other buildings. Whether it's a skilled nursing or assisted living administrators, the managers, as well as maintenance teams, must maintain the functionality and safety ...
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Recently, Google reported the updated results of its Project Oxygen. Begun in 2008, the project sought to list the qualities of the company’s best managers. The updated list provides an opportunity for Google's or other companies' managers to reflect on their own ...
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It costs families more to care for a frail older adult than to raise a child for the first 17 years of her life. Yet, while the government routinely provides a broad range of assistance and free services for children, ...
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The elements of operational expenditure are discrete, quantifiable, and eminently manageable. Labor. Food. Energy. Each can be addressed as a unique problem set. The brightest operators—along with the sharpest vendors—have come up with a whole menu of options when it ...
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No, it’s not just you. If you’ve ever doubted that you had your boss’s full attention while her laptop is open in front of her, stop doubting. In spite of her protests that “I’m listening, go ahead…,” she wasn’t. Decades ...
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What are they doing about cost reduction now: Enhancing performance within existing senior living communities represents a huge financial opportunity frequently overlooked by many owner/operators. The strategy is called “exploiting organic growth potential.” In 2015 and beyond, strategic focus must ...
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Have you ever asked your food services director if cooking from scratch is more expensive than using processed foods? The answer, according to David C. Koelling, President of Strategic Dining Services, an integrated, hospitality-based dining management company and Senior Housing Forum ...
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First impressions in the workplace really matter — and not just to the employer. New employees can begin to formulate impressions about organizations from the get-go, influencing their decision to stay with the company in the long term. Poor onboarding ...
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With more and more older adults wanting to age in place and maintain their independence as long as possible, caregivers and health professionals are looking for creative solutions to the familiar challenges of ensuring seniors’ ongoing safety and quality of ...
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