Monthly Archives: March 2017

Excellence: It Starts With Your Staff Part 1

Inspiration and great ideas for hospice management often come from surprising sources. For instance, what could we in hospice possibly learn from a top-flight New York restaurateur like Danny Meyer? As it turns out, plenty – especially if we’re looking for insight on how to find and keep great staff. I shouldn’t have been surprised …

March Madness

March is the teasing harbinger of spring, when the saying “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb” could easily be flipped by the fickle weather. March was the month of my brother’s birthday, which meant a party on or about the 24th.  March, a transition month from the solid cold …

On the Death of a Tree

I’ve always loved trees. I loved climbing trees as a kid.  We had our favorite “big tree” where my friends would meet, a giant live oak that had grown up around a telephone pole.  As elementary school kids we would ride our bikes to the “big tree” and climb up its enormous, gentle trunk. Then …