Home Health & Hospice Week

Working on your trust-building skills will reap rewards for both you and your team.One of the biggest complaints you'll hear from employees is that their supervisors say one thing and do another.Aligning your actions with your words is one of the most important things you can do to gain your employees' respect and loyalty. But it's easier said than done. Here's what Susan M. Heathfield suggests in her article "How To Walk Your Talk":Be an example. If you expect employees to be punctual, make sure you're never the one walking into a meeting five minutes late. If you aren't acting the way you tell your employees to act, they'll view you as hypocritical.Follow the rules. This is especially applicable if you're the one who set up the rule or procedure. Employees won't understand why they shoulddo things a certain way if their supervisor doesn't use the same process.Get your hands [...]