ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Workforce challenges continue to be one of the most complex and persistent issues facing post-acute and senior care leaders. While recruitment and retention are often discussed as HR responsibilities, the reality is far more nuanced. When it comes to staffing, success is not achieved through isolated efforts or siloed departments. It requires alignment, accountability, and shared ownership across the organization.
When staffing efforts are siloed, split between administration, nursing leadership, HR, and scheduling, gaps, overlaps, and miscommunication are inevitable. These disconnects drain energy and stall progress. By contrast, a cross-functional team working together toward shared staffing goals creates clarity, consistency, and momentum. Teams move faster, reduce duplication, and eliminate confusion about who is responsible for what. Perhaps most importantly, team-based initiatives generate positive energy while building trust, engagement, and sustained progress rather than burnout.
In today’s PATHTalks episode, Clint Maun, President and Senior Partner of Maun-Lemke Consulting, explores why team-based staffing initiatives are essential to long-term workforce stability and why leadership engagement at the local level makes all the difference.
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