Currently, almost 70% of the employees in senior living management roles are women—and they shouldn’t always have to sacrifice quality time with their families for their jobs.
That’s according to four female senior living leaders who spoke on a Tuesday panel about women in leadership at the 2018 Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference in San Diego.
During the discussion, the panelists spoke about the idea of “doing it all,” the mentors who shaped their careers and the support they’ve received from their colleagues both inside and outside of the workplace.
Learning to stop being a perfectionist has helped Belmont Village Senior Living founder and CEO Patricia Will achieve greater work-life balance throughout her career.
“Learning how to be the last mom to the baseball game and not knowing which team is winning and cheering for the wrong ones—that’s okay,” she explained.
In this regard, female executives can learn from their male counterparts.
“Guys have a very easy time doing just good enough, and then walking away,” Will said.
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