Managing a Large, Standalone Living Community with Ian Stockberger, CEO at Good Shepherd

In this week’s episode, we speak with Ian Stockberger, CEO at
Good Shepherd, Inc., based in Mason City, Iowa.





Good Shepherd is a large living community, which includes 210
nursing home beds, 106 assisted living units and just under 300
employees.





We discuss various topics, including:





- Ian’s first experience of the long-term care industry in 1995,
working in a kitchen. He stayed in the role for five years.





- Ian’s career history and how he re-joined the long-term care
industry later on in life.





- Ian’s learning curves in life, including struggling in
engineering.





- Ian’s experiences working with a community of diverse people in
the long-term care industry and the empathy he had for the
residents.





- The Good Shepherd’s size, focus and differentiators.





- The advantages and challenges of The Good Shepherd being such a
large organization.





- How The Good Shepherd recruits, including information on the
education tuition reimbursement program where people working at
least 20 hours a week receive $200 a month for education.





Good Shepherd, Inc. - https://goodshepherdhealthcenter.org/





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