Each day, my sons and I drive to see my parents who are “boarding” at my sister’s house about twenty minutes away. This is a beloved new ritual in our new normal. My parents and sister’s family all congregate on the second-floor deck while we stay on the grass below. We play charades and make up random…
Without a doubt, your mind is heavy with questions right now about how your organization is going to emerge from this crisis. Could your organization emerge from this stronger than ever? The word crisis has origins linked to the Latin word certus, which means to sift or separate. Like panning for gold, a crisis filters…
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…
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! We’ll try to convince you to…
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…
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; it’s a dark place. We need…
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 feel like I am…
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. No one from the…
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. We see it coming…
