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title: 5 Leader Strategies to Increase Staff Engagement Despite Fatigue
description: "Senior Housing News presented great advice from senior care leaders in their article, Problem Solvers: Keeping Senior Living Staff Engaged Despite Fatigue."
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# [5 Leader Strategies to Increase Staff Engagement Despite Fatigue](https://www.primecareholdings.com/news/5-leader-strategies-to-increase-staff-engagement-despite-fatigue)

 Written by [Prime Care Tech Marketing](https://www.primecareholdings.com/news/author/prime-care-tech-marketing) | Mon, Nov 02, 2020 @ 03:19 PM

This week, *Senior Housing News* gathered and presented great advice from senior care leaders in their article, [Problem Solvers: Keeping Senior Living Staff Engaged Despite Fatigue](https://seniorhousingnews.com/2020/10/27/problem-solvers-keeping-senior-living-staff-engaged-despite-covid-fatigue/?_hsmi=98404819&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--o0UScsVJaO9FQQ0wHGkit-ruxkqKsLdJU8snlSago8Rt2bR8S60vkeaG79d_TcpB1RaAzmb5H9e6I-JlNyhhgFU-giuz8UMX9toE657_K_tjE7Oc). We've summarized the best ideas for you below and in an [at-a-glance infographic](https://info.primecaretech.com/hubfs/Infographics/5-Leader-Strategies-to-Increase-Staff-Engagement.png).

## Increase Communications

#### Check-In More Often

- Conduct more all-hands calls and use them to recognize staff efforts
- Consider random check-ins with communities 2-3 times a week
- Support efforts with staff newsletters and websites

## Build Company Culture

#### Focus on Fun

- Welcome staff to work; thank them as they leave
- Offer virtual breaks, include games and contests
- Host parking lot events/parades with food, buttons,
- leaders dropping in via Skype/Facetime

## Show Staff the Love

#### Recognize the Little Things

- Offer 'hero' pay, extra PTO, flexible schedules
- Increase budgets for employee appreciation and keep rewards flowing
- Follow-up with personal notes and certificates from leadership

## Address Cultural Unrest

#### Promote Diversity and Equality

- Drive diversity and equality to recruiting and development
- Offer active listening sessions for employees to share experiences
- Create employee-lead diversity, inclusion and belonging council

## Increase Support

#### Keep Things Simple

- Shelve non-priority tasks and assignments
- Increase formal education opportunities
- Offer employee webinars for stress, parenting, protecting self/family/residents, etc.
- Partner employees up for listening with empathy or buddy staffing programs

Leaders who contributed these great ideas represent the following communities: 

- Eclipse Senior Living
- Juniper Communities
- Seasons Living
- Pathway to Living
- Enlivant

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