There’s a staffing challenge in long-term care that gets far too little attention: the need for effective executives.
Recovering or healing?
By
Julie Thorson
Oct 13, 2021
Does acceptance of “what is” indicate defeat? For a leader with competition as one of her top five strengths, I’ve struggled with this question the last few months. Maybe you have also. To...
Selfless or selfish? An important question for leaders
By
Julie Thorson
Apr 27, 2022
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...
Pandemic paralysis
By
Julie Thorson
Jul 21, 2021
I am not a medical expert, doctor, or counselor; I’m simply a coach’s daughter leading in the great field of long-term care. Pandemic paralysis continues to have a tight hold on us in long-term care....
Do the (most) right thing
By
Julie Thorson
Oct 12, 2017
As a leader, you should do the right thing, and if you don’t know the right thing to do, do what you feel is most right. Stop overthinking it.
How to become an exceptional leader
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 06, 2014
If there’s one critical tool to becoming an exceptional leader, it’s not drive, smarts or even likeability. It’s the ability to listen.
A senior living perspective on ACOs
By
Nikole Jay
Feb 20, 2015
We recently joined an ACO with the hopes of delivering a collaborative health care model that will bridge the gap between physicians, hospitals and skilled nursing providers to offer high-quality coordinated...
Going back to servant leadership
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jan 23, 2012
I have to wonder why, when some people get in a “power” position, they kind of turn into real … dictators. We’ve all seen it, everyone from the nursing assistant who gets promoted...
Compassion in leadership
By
Julie Thorson
Apr 26, 2023
Everyone has something. Do you know what that “something” is for your team members? Recently, I was reminded that our teams, many times, are fighting a battle we may know nothing about. They...
Leave the culture better than you found it
By
Cara Silletto
Jul 05, 2022
If you were ever in a scouting troop when you were younger, you probably learned the phrase, “Leave the campsite better than you found it.” That meant if you saw a piece of trash in the woods, you...