New Adon

Kill them with kindness or keep to yourself at first and let them get to know you and start to warm up to you when they are ready and able.

It's hard to get a new boss. People are scared and don't know what they are getting or if their lives will change for the worse. It is reasonable to expect that some of them might be angry that they weren't hired for the spot, too. Just give it all time.

Some of them might always hate you because they hate their own lives.

For anyone with experience as a ADON/DON, how did you handle negative reception at work?

Keep smiling at them. I've been the 'new one' lots of times and there are always expectations. I just took a job at a facility as the DNS...I have a new ADNS,new social workers,new food service director. On my ADNS' first day on the job, the staff asked her if she was mean!! They don't know any thing about her and ask her that. She has plenty of other experience so she wasn't too surprised by their attitudes.

I'd just like to add as a DNS, a great ADNS is such a wonderful thing.

thank you so much.

Let them know by your actions that you are willing to work WITHthem and you're willing to listen to what they have to say.

If you say you're going to do something, then follow through and do it!