IDD Leader
For IDD Providers: Tired of the revolving door of staff? Join host Nate Beers as he and other industry leaders share loads of actionable advice on how you can retain and grow your DSP workforce. Just because there's a nationwide DSP workforce crisis doesn't mean that your organization has to churn through staff. Listen to innovative solutions to increase your staff retention and give your organization a competitive advantage so that at the end of the day you provide the best quality care for those you support.
More effective supervisors. Stronger workforce. Lower turnover.
IDD Leader
Latest Episodes
Ep. 105 - How This IDD Agency Bet on Its People w/ Core Services of NE TN
Imagine telling your board you're about $150,000 in the red this year, and that you chose it. That's the call Susan Arwood made as the new executive director of a Tennessee agency in turmoil, when she put her staff through intensive person-cent...
Ep. 104 - Why Employee Appreciation Isn't Enough w/ Melanie Bazile
You thank your team constantly. You write the cards, send the texts, say the words out loud. Then someone above you calls and says morale on that team seems low.That's the exact moment Melanie Bazile describes in this conversation. She ...
Ep. 103 - This Company Asks: “What’s Your Dream?” w/ Melanie Bazile
Somewhere on your team right now, there's someone with real potential and no real path — and no one's ever asked them what they actually want out of their career, let alone their life.Melanie Bazile is Director of Innovation and Expansi...
Ep. 102 - 5 Mistakes Leaders Make When Solving Turnover
You're short-staffed. Which means your team gets burned out. Which means people leave. Which means you're even more short-staffed than before.If that loop sounds familiar, here's the uncomfortable part: the way most leaders respond to i...
Ep. 101 - What Does “Good Leadership” Even Look Like?
You've probably had a version of this moment yourself: someone on your team says all the right things about wanting to grow as a leader, and when you ask what "getting better" would actually look like, day to day, the answer gets vague fast.