Managing When No One Wants to Work: Why Happy Employees Aren’t the Answer—But Leadership Is

Opening Question

Do happy employees make better employees?

It’s a question we hear all the time.

And if you’ve spent any time in senior care, you’ve probably heard this one too:

“No one wants to work anymore.”

But after more than 20 years in this field, I came to a realization that changed everything:

It wasn’t that no one wanted to work… it was that no one wanted to work for me.

That’s a hard truth.

But it’s also the moment leadership begins.

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