One key to attracting and keeping employees: Training
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 22, 2022
Beyond merely offering training programs, perhaps tailoring them to the wants and needs of potential and existing employees will draw them in and entice them to stay.
The recruiting and retention strategy you’re probably not using
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 07, 2022
A word that starts with W may represent an untapped opportunity for senior living operators to help recruit and retain workers, industry experts say. It’s not wages.
5 ways to attract and support leaders
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 06, 2022
Want to attract women to leadership positions in your organization? A “returnship” program is one of five ideas in a new report.
Here’s what workers value in a job. Is this what you offer?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 18, 2022
When it comes to what people value in a job, men and women’s priorities are similar but have differences, according to the results of a recent Gallup survey of more than 13,000 employees. Although respondents...
A key to making employees want to stay
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 31, 2022
Exit interviews with departing staff members can reveal changes that managers can make to potentially entice more employees to stay in the future, but a new article shares other actions that could prevent...
5 items for senior living’s 2022 to-do list
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 10, 2022
The leaders of five organizations active in the senior living space recently shared with me their insights on the biggest challenges facing the industry. Culled from their comments is a list of action...
Your favorite columns of 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2020
In a year dominated by the coronavirus, it’s not surprising that COVID-19 popped up more than once as a topic of our most-read columns of 2020 when we examined analytics related to website visitors,...
Your favorite columns of 2018
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 21, 2018
We’ve examined the analytics to reveal which subjects were top blog topics of interest for McKnight’s Senior Living website visitors, newsletter readers and social media followers and friends in 2018.
Your homework assignment: Help extend the benefits of vacation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 27, 2018
Employees believe that time away from work has positive effects for them, according to a new survey, but those effects can be short-lived without employer support.
4 ways to value experience in the workplace
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 20, 2018
Recent AARP survey results suggest ways that employers can look to workers aged 45 or more years to address their staffing needs.