We just finished our day and a half long culture session here at Nurse Next Door, and had 17 amazing companies – entrepreneurs and their teams – out to learn, share and discuss how to create an amazing culture.

There were some amazing moments, but some of the best learning came from our dreams section. Here at Nurse Next Door, we have a pretty cool program called the “Dreams” program. It is simple. In order for us to really live one of our Core Values of “Admire People“, we have designed a program to help inspire our employees to dream. And not only inspire them, but to also help them take action to achieve them.

In December, we decided to make one of our Ontario in – home caregivers, Lorell Chrysler, dreams come true. Her dream was to visit Prince Edward Island, with her sister, to re – live a memory of their Mom, who she took care of until she passed away.  Lorell, and her sister,  recently completed her dream, with the help of Nurse Next Door Heart Quarters and our Oakville location. It is an amazing story, and it goes to show just how powerful helping someone dream can be and what an impact it can have on their life.

It is also a great example of how powerful this can be on a company culture. We have had our dreams program in place for over two years, but we officially kicked it off in October when I completed one of my dreams – climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Now, we are helping our team members (3,000 and counting) and franchise partners (40 and counting)across Canada to not only dream but to also make them happen.

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