Management Skills Made Simple

These days with cell phones, texting and email, it seems that getting away from the practice is not as easy as it used to be back in the days when you could walk out the door and you were gone and incommunicado.  Your evenings and weekends and even your vacations may not be entirely your […]

The definition of loyalty is:  “a strong feeling of support or allegiance.”  Synonyms are “faithfulness, obedience, adherence, devotion, dedication, commitment, reliability, steadfastness.”  In other words, loyalty is an attitude with many dimensions.  It assumes support and allegiance through the good and bad times. There are many aspects or directions of loyalty in your practice: Patients

Sometimes life deals you some “not so desirable” blows that can crush you. We can be discussing the future of your practice or something in your personal life. For instance, in your practice, you may lose a very long term, key staff member suddenly.  Or you get an unexpected, gigantic tax bill.  Or some medical

There are a number of phases one goes through as a healthcare professional.  When you chose your profession, there was a reason you chose it.  It may have been to follow a passion you have or it may simply have been a practical business decision.  Then, as you went through your schooling, you may have

Definition of reboot (verb):  Restart or revive, give fresh impetus to. Do you ever wish life had a reboot button like a computer where you can shut it down and restart if something goes wrong?  This could be in any area of your life – from personal interests, to family matters, your business or practice,

Some days it seems that life is one big, huge problem (or a million little ones) and you feel like the only solution is for you to take a holiday to get away from it all.  However, because that doesn’t actually solve the problem, it follows you on your vacation which you then try really

Lethargy is a dangerous “disease” that sneaks up softly and slowly until you are so thoroughly stuck in inaction that you make excuses even to yourself about how you need to have some relaxation time, you’ve been working too hard lately, it’ll wait for a few more days (weeks, years), it’s not really my responsibility,

Have you ever had a fight with someone where you said stupid things you didn’t really mean?  Or seemed to be on opposite sides of the page?  You were both so steamed that you weren’t listening to each other?  Perhaps there seemed to be no possible resolution and you went away mad at each other?

Almost everyone wants more new patients or clients in order to arrive at and maintain a full capacity practice, or to be able to add new providers and keep them fully booked too.  Right? This can be achieved through a myriad of marketing strategies and methods which encompass both internal marketing and external marketing. Let’s

You are a professional and are probably very well trained in the profession you chose.  However, it is extremely rare to find a healthcare professional who is fully trained in how to be a great boss and leader, how to hire and train the ideal staff, the systems and structure that should be in place,

In the history of any business or practice it is inevitable that there have been good times and there have probably been bad times too.  Business has learning curves and it’s likely that you will never stop learning because life is being thrown at you non-stop. Then again, what are “good times” and what are

There is a famous statement that goes “Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.”   However, that’s such a negative statement.  It lacks positivity and direction.  Perhaps we should scratch it and go with this one instead: “Sometimes you win, and sometimes you learn.” – James Maxwell This puts a whole new spin on life and