Change Package Strategy 1: Lead with a Sense of Purpose
The actions of leaders, multiplied by the actions of many, shape a culture and an organization. Strategy 1 from the National Nursing Home Change Package is “Lead with a Sense of Purpose.” This strategy sets the expectation for excellence in leadership. The foundation of a learning organization rests upon: exceptional executive leadership, a strong mission and values and an accepting non-punitive culture.
Remember that the National Nursing Home Change Package shares and organizes best practice under seven strategies. Each strategy is supported by change concepts.
The change concepts for Strategy 1 include:
1a. Let the mission drive your actions
1b. Be the leader you would want ot follow
1c. Plan now-harvest later: nurture professional growth and foster innovation in others
1d. Focus on systems for change
What makes this change package so useful is that it offers action items for each change concept that can be used in your nursing home. For example, for “1a: Let the mission drive your actions,” two of several action items include:
- Use an inclusive process to establish, review, share and reaffirm your mission and values that involves staff, residents and families.
- Create a “caught in the act of practicing the mission and values” practice as a way to show what it means to put the mission into action.
Together, strategies, change concepts and action items are designed to lead to improvement. Go here to download the change package.
Learn more about how atom Alliance is helping nursing homes in Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee implement Change Package Strategy 1.
