One thing I  like to do is to make resources available to my staff to enable them the opportunity to continue to grow and expand their knowledge in longterm care and all the things that go with it. Some of these resources include books and dvds.  When I was starting out, my administrator / preceptor / mentor loaned me some books on leadership and management that he’d been reading.  It opened my eyes that there was a lot left to...

Vince Lombardi is known as one of the most successful football coaches in the history of the game.  He had a habit of creating winners.  His focus, however, was on fine-tuning each player – helping them become the best they could be.  A lesson can be taken from this as we each have our own team that we coach everyday in the nursing home.  Have your staff become complacent, just meeting the minimums?  What are we doing each day to...

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. -Zig Ziglar Share...

I had someone tell me recently that they did not know what to do with a bad employee.  My first thought was, “What do you mean you don’t know what to do?  Teach them, coach them, hold them accountable, write them up when necessary, give them an action plan, or get rid of them.   What’s so hard about that?” I guess there’s a lot hard about that.  Many times these things are not done because the supervisor...

Almost everyone has one and at times they can be a royal pain!  Bosses!  How do you deal with a boss that has a completely different mindset and personality than yourself?  I have had several real winners in my career ranging from the immature-and-explosive, to the better-than-thou, to the raving psychopath, to the drunk pill-popper, to the always-has inappropriate-relationship-rumors-flying-around-him, to the...