1:45 – 3:00 p.m.

Retain Staff by Building a Culture of Engagement

Ensuring that employees feel engaged and connected to their workplace’s culture is critical to retaining team members for the long term. Yet, retention remains a significant challenge for many organizations in the aging services sector. This session will provide the guidance you need to create a workplace environment where staff are more likely to stay, contribute, and thrive because they feel valued, heard, and supported. Engage with leaders from LeadingAge member communities as they share proven strategies and best practices for improving workplace culture and fostering employee engagement. Take home actionable insights and ideas for cultivating a more supportive work environment and engaging your staff more effectively.

1:45 – 3:00 p.m.

Retain Staff by Building a Culture of Engagement

Ensuring that employees feel engaged and connected to their workplace’s culture is critical to retaining team members for the long term. Yet, retention remains a significant challenge for many organizations in the aging services sector. This session will provide the guidance you need to create a workplace environment where staff are more likely to stay, contribute, and thrive because they feel valued, heard, and supported. Engage with leaders from LeadingAge member communities as they share proven strategies and best practices for improving workplace culture and fostering employee engagement. Take home actionable insights and ideas for cultivating a more supportive work environment and engaging your staff more effectively.

1:45 – 3:00 p.m.

Best Practices and Pitfalls of CEO Transitions

No matter how carefully an organization plans for a CEO transition, the process of changing leaders often brings with it an unsettling sense of urgency and uncertainty. During this session, an executive search consultant will help ensure your next CEO transition runs smoothly. Learn about recent trends in CEO continuity planning and effective onboarding strategies. Gain insights to help you address awkward situations that may arise during the CEO search, including when a valued internal candidate is not selected for the executive position or the board becomes overly involved in the management of the organization. Recently appointed CEOs and board members will be on hand to discuss best practices and pitfalls of CEO transitions.

3:30 – 4:45 p.m.

Turning Skilled Nursing Skeptics into Believers

Are your leadership team, board, and key stakeholders skeptical about the skilled nursing model? This session might change their minds. A panel of mission-driven LeadingAge member providers will explain why they are investing in, reinventing, or transforming the skilled nursing model into a high-quality, valuable service line that meets organizational needs while addressing critical service gaps. Learn how the panelists have navigated key skilled nursing challenges—including consumer preferences, reimbursement pressures, workforce issues, and rising costs—and how these challenges have shaped organizational decision-making. Discover strategies to help your organization’s leaders and board members adopt a shared vision for the future of skilled nursing. You’ll take home innovative approaches to reinventing and strengthening the skilled nursing model.