By Sadie Hess Confronting Positivity Someone recently confronted me for my positivity. Actually, this isn’t the first time. People often tell me our newsletters are too cheerful or our Facebook page is fake because it only shows people smiling. Speaking of Facebook, have you heard about the experiment where Facebook messed with our heads? For…
By Sadie Hess How full is your bucket? I understand that is not your average question, but I hope it is one that we will be asking clients, staff and families as we finish this year. It all started with a book with this very title: “How Full is your Bucket?” by author Tom Rath. Our…
I’m very excited to share a project that has been on my heart and mind for a couple of years. We want to continue to provide innovative support to staff and feel it is important that we have good communication and excellent training materials available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In mid-March, we are launching a new…
By Sadie Hess What Did You Learn Well, here we go! Communicating more. I was recently in an interview and the individual said she read my blog. What?! People actually read what I write? Huh. Interesting. She went on to ask a great question. (Yep! She asked a question. Who’s interview was this?! She asked…
By Eric Hess One of the missions my wife and I pursue in our leadership of Compass is to not create a company, a business, or a social service agency, but to create a family. You may be thinking, “I’ve heard that before”, or “How nice, but, whatever,” but Sadie and I really feel this…