Respect is the Key to Employees Feeling Valued
Thank you to Dr. Davana Pilczuk of The Human Performance Group for this article. Dr. Pilczuk is an award-winning kinesiologist who specializes in human performance. She is a speaker, writer...
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Two Tips for Handling Burnout
Thank you to Dr. Davana Pilczuk of The Human Performance Group for this article. Dr. Pilczuk is an award-winning kinesiologist who specializes in human performance. She is a...
Secrets to Deathcare Job Success: Matching Mort Grads with Management
According to a recent survey for funeral professionals put out by Connecting Directors, 33.8% of deathcare professionals identified recruiting and retaining quality employees as a professional challenge, making...
Interview Like an HR Pro (Even If You’re Not)
Thanks to Connecting Directors contributing writer Beth Campagno for this story! Like a lot of small or midsized businesses, funeral homes often have to rely on directors, managers,...
Advocating For 1A Vaccine Priority for Funeral Workers: “You Name It, We’ve Tried It”
The message from our recent Connecting Directors COVID Vaccine Priority Survey is loud and clear: The deathcare profession is not being consistently treated with the urgency and understanding...
6 Deathcare-themed COVID Posters to Keep your Staff Smiling AND Safe
As we see death care workers struggle to get vaccinated, laughter may be the best medicine for our collective pandemic exhaustion. At least Parting Stone thinks so. The...
COVID-19 Vaccination Survey: Are You Getting Phase 1A Priority Treatment?
Deathcare advocacy organizations, including the National Funeral Directors Associations (NFDA) and the International Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Association (ICCFA), have fought since last summer to put funeral workers...