Funerals, Meet Millennials
Our HUGE thanks to author Becky Robison for this incredibly insightful piece! We were so blown away by her personal essay, "My Parents Are Dead; Can I Afford...
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Catching Up With Millennial Whisperer Antonio Green
Connecting Directors first introduced our readers to funeral director and author Antonio Green in April 2022. Just months before our story, Green published his first book, Talk to...
Talk to Me: Funeral Director Antonio Green Just Wrote the Book on Working With Millennials
Did you know that in 2016, millennials — those oft-maligned folks born between the early 1980s and late 1990s — became the largest generation within the workforce? Between...
Managing (And Working With) Multiple Generations
Thanks to Connecting Directors contributing writer Beth Campagno for this article! Today’s workforce is probably the most diverse ever in terms of generations, and for a couple of...
Learn the Value of Letting Staff Stock the Selection Room
Successful business owners are always looking for ways to get employees more invested in their businesses. Sandra Walker, Vice President of Strategic Business at Fairmount Memorial Association and...
How Mental Health Support can Impact Employee Retention in Deathcare
According to a recent survey for funeral professionals put out by Connecting Directors, 32.31% of deathcare professionals said that mental health and compassion fatigue is a professional challenge,...
Young Morticians Use TikTok to Talk About Death
A thriving community of TikTok morticians is taking the social media platform by storm and contributing to a growing awareness of death care professions among young people. Beckie-Ann...