Volume 23 No. 40
September 30, 2016
As many as 9 in 10 employees -- even those who were previously enthusiastic and creative -- deal with disengagement. This post offers five suggestions for getting a previously engaged employee back on track.  Forbes (5/27) 
Emails should be direct from the subject line onward, but don't forget to let your personality through, Ben Decker writes. "We always remind people that communicating, presenting and public speaking happen dozens of times throughout the day. How many dozens of emails do you send?" he writes.  Decker Communications (5/26) 
Michael Hyatt advises us to look at play and sleep as essential parts of our lives and not those unproductive periods between bouts of work. "It's easy to think of weekends as simply another opportunity to get more things done," he writes. "But downtime is crucial, and there's more evidence than ever it's essential to our productivity and wellbeing."  MichaelHyatt.com (6/3) 
Keeping a meeting on track is a multistep process that involves designing a clear agenda and helping people stay focused during the gathering. All participants -- not just the leader -- should understand their role and make sure the group stays on topic.  Harvard Business Review online  (5/3)   
The US faces a shortage of professional in-home care workers
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected both the growing availability of home care jobs and the shortage of people to fill them. Some states will confront daunting shortages within the next few years: Minnesota will need to fill almost 60,000 direct-care and support positions by 2020, particularly as the state shifts funding toward care in the community rather than in nursing facilities.   The problem is worse in Alaska - where many care workers are nearing retirement age themselves.  Over time, as AARP has predicted, the care gap will widen as boomer population ages - and their care needs catch up with them.  And finally, in nursing, the future has arrived. "Between 2006 and 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (2007) projected that registered nurse job growth in the home healthcare sector (39.5%) will be larger than in the hospital sector (21.6%)."

In supply-challenged markets, care worker salary is low, commute is long.  According to the Census (PUMS) data, the average annual Home Care Aide salary is $15,587. San Francisco, notes Salary.com, has one of the highest home care pay rates of $26,734 $ (2228/month) - but the  cost of rental housing within 10 miles of San Francisco averages $3770/month. In  Washington, DC, home health aides are among those with the lowest pay/longest commute, typically by car, typically to DC. Many lack cars - for example, in this Boston Globe article: "Sixty-three-year-old Terrie Cherry, a primary care attendant, crisscrosses Worcester up to seven times a day on the local buses to reach her patients."    https://www.ageinplacetech.com/  5/5/16
 





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THOUGHT PROVOKING QUOTES
"Every human mind is a great slumbering power until awakened by a keen desire and by definite resolution to do so."   -Edgar F. Roberts 

"High expectations are the key to everything."  -Sam Walton 
 
"We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion."  -Georg Hegel 
 
"All of the significant battles are waged within the self."  -Sheldon Kopp

"Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers."  -Les Brown

"To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes, the wise and the good learn wisdom for the future."  -Plutarch

"The man who chases two rabbits catches neither." -Confucius

"Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor." -Brian Tracy 
 
"I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion." -Mia Hamm

"Gracious acceptance is an art--an art which most never bother to cultivate.  We think that we have to learn how to give, but we forget about accepting things, which can be much harder than giving... Accepting another person's gift is allowing him to express his feellngs for you." -Alexander McCall Smith

"Caregivers attract caregivers and live in a community of love.  They are energized by their caring, fulfilled, and they love life." -Gary Zukav 
 
"The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else." -Carson McCullers

"Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness."  -Harold Kushner
 

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