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Steven A. Brigance
2712 Market Trace Fort Smith, Arkansas
Not the top goal, but the only goal It’s the why that will get you through almost
any how This applies to everybody – no silos, no non-
connectivity, no opting out
“He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.”
~Frederich Nietzsche
Great care and service to every resident and family member by skilled people dedicated to doing the right things in every community, everyday, in every situation will make us the most successful company in the industry – guaranteed.
~Darryl FisherApril 26, 2008In a prepared but undelivered speech
Compelled reorganizations Highly visible personnel changes Occupancy threats Extraordinary downsizing Media assaults
Uncertainty (there must be a stronger word) Imposed complexity Consultants who are legal & financial
experts, but… Unqualified people judging “success” Little if any internal control over events Important but dangerous industry
Increased focus on quality care & service Increased focus on doing the right things Focus on MVP’s Focus on fewer but more important metrics IQR (Independent Quality Review) Accountability & rewards
Communications from the top Management team in place & functioning at
highest level Suits/claims down Residents & Employee satisfaction surveys
up Occupancy up Training Community involvement
Executives/Home Office Leadership Home Office staff Regional Managers Administrators Community Care Givers Community Support Staff
Yours
-- Administrator Most important & most difficult Terrible title – worse than meaningless
ED, no better How about something with the word “Chief” in it
Skill sets Hiring standards Right models/different rewards Not everybody will make it Example 50% need to change 50% of those can change 50% of these in other jobs The rest have to go – do the math
Absolute commitment to quality care & service Absolute commitment to do the right thing in
every situation Advocate for the resident Team-oriented Goal-oriented Committed to accountability & rewards for all
employees Good hiring/training/re-training/retaining skills Recognition that this is a business & a calling
Owner/investor choices Architect choices
◦ Doors◦ Personnel choices
Construction Company◦ Supervision◦ Liquidated damages◦ Refusal to correct
Administrator◦ Credentials◦ Employment history◦ Cover-up◦ Retaliation◦ State regulators
Caregivers – nowhere to go
Dorothy &
Jack
Ignore the problem & underlying cause Blame things on a resident or family
member Delay contacting people who should be
involved Lie Hide Cover-up
Coach Try to fix things yourself Misstate Equivocate Never say you’re sorry Obfuscate & wait for things to blow over Assume the police are our friends
Screw up the records – before, during & after
Fail to appreciate we are in the elder care business
Have no appreciation of our MVP’s– no plan, strategy or vision for early resolution
“Diss” or cajole the state Assume your staff will cover for each other
-- and you Assume the family and/or resident will flag
To align your individual purpose/content-ment/why with the collective why of quality care and service
To become a trusted colleague To trust your colleagues To see the big picture and your role in it To become a trusted, “first-person” leader and
advocate To eliminate the “graffiti” Between stimulus & response to make the higher
choice with your “Whole New Life”
T – Team playerR – Respectful & responsiveU – UnderstatedS – SafeT – TalentedE – Executes well & consistentlyD – Dedicated & devoted
~Dr. David Wong, MD, MPHSeattle, Washington
Dependence◦ Requires almost nothing – its innate
Independence – requires 3 habits (knowledge, skills, desire)◦ Proactive (circle of influence)◦ Begin with the end in mind (vision)◦ First things first (management)
Interdependence◦ Win, Win◦ Seek first to understand….◦ Synergize (2 + 2 = 5)◦ Sharpen the saw – continuous renewal of yourself
and others
~Stephen R. CoveyThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
More comfortable More confident Adapted to the “New State” Sense of accomplishment More cooperative More successful Sense of some control
The stage where people are truly ready to identify with new goalsand are clearly focused on how to reach them.
Great accomplishments come when trusted, talented people appear “at the right time and the right place” with the right idea.
~Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, The Tipping Point, Blink
Between stimulus & response is a space of time – an opportunity to exercise one’s freedom, whatever the how (circumstances)
An opportunity to make the higher/better choice based on one’s why (purpose)
~Viktor E. FranklMan’s Search for Meaning (1945)
Steven A. Brigance
(479) [email protected]