In her song “Anti-Hero” Taylor Swift sings about her flaws and complexities. In this vein, a new breed of practitioners is emerging – the Anti-Hero Bosses. They reject the traditional norms and instead embrace their realistic and complex personas. Unlike the picture-perfect heroes or villains, Anti-Hero Bosses offer an authentic and human approach to leadership. […]
What does it take to create a seriously profitable practice. Let’s explore some key strategies that can turn your practice into a profitable enterprise. Trust me, it’s not rocket science, but it does require some intelligent moves and a sprinkle of creativity. Uniqueness First things first, let’s talk about the power of differentiation. In a
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Bosses of the world, please pay attention as this is a seriously important question to every one of your staff. You hire them, put them on the job and hope for the best. Each one of them can make or break the success of your practice, and the brightest ones are aware of this and
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Most practice owners say they are concerned with how to increase the efficiency and production of their practices. Actually, most business people of any kind want the same thing. So what is so mysterious or tricky about having a totally efficient practice? Let’s answer that first and then it will open the door as to
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Patients and clients experience a lot of different emotions when it comes to your services, right? Some come in like lions and go out purring with contentment. Some come in like tigers and go out like tigers. The staff of your practice are pretty much confronted with a total cross-section of humanity and not all
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Profit Killers
As a practice owner, are you interested in increasing the profitability of your practice? If yes, you are in good company with almost all practitioners. After 7 years of post-secondary education, on-going continuing educational courses, a major investment into starting or buying your practice, and a lot of sweat equity, you really DO deserve to
The 10 Key Profit Killers
Let’s say you own a practice and have an idea that you want to implement. And it is a GREAT idea! You call a staff meeting to present it and get everyone excited about it. But, only some of them bought in and others didn’t. Worse yet, what happens after the meeting? Answer: You may
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Togetherness is not a word you would use to describe some of the teams we have run into in some practices over the years. And yet, as a practice owner, it’s probably high on your “perfect practice” wish list that you have a team that gets along and bonds well. Factually, whether you have two
It isn’t that past clientele don’t like you (necessarily), but sometimes patients or clients just sort of drop out of sight. No specific reason given. Your staff call them once or twice but may feel rebuffed or pushed off and it can be awkward. The person doesn’t really give a reason for not being willing
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Many patients and clients these days are constantly looking for bargains and how to get stuff cheap. They are even getting into bartering in your practice which traditionally never happened for healthcare professions in Canada. But times are changing and demographics are changing too, and we are seeing this trend for some patients and clients
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In analyzing practices and chatting with practice owners, the most common subject they bring up is “staff issues”. Interestingly enough, the “issues” are widely variable from practice to practice. However, about 75% of the problems relate to communication as a general category. Let’s look at these “staff issues” and some solutions. Your Most Valuable Asset
Some professionals consider their professional licence their most valuable asset. Others think that having a location in a prime area is the biggest asset. Many would answer that their state of the art equipment ranks highest. There is a saying that your future earning power is your most valuable asset (insurance companies selling you on
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