Management Skills Made Simple

The general public thinks that because you are a healthcare professional, you MUST be rich.  Many of your staff think the same thing as well because they often only see the payments for service coming in but have no idea about the debts, practice purchase or start-up loans, student loans, mortgages, salaries, rent, supplies, equipment

Many practice owners reach a point where they start to question themselves as to how much is enough or if they really do want to grow any more.  Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any line drawn in the sand that says, “This is enough.  You’re done.” So how do you figure this out? The

  Because the front desk staff in most practices are usually not sales trained and are very busy people too, the statistics are that 2 to 5 shoppers per week slip away.  Usually these shoppers are calling in by phone, but it could also be a contact from your website or they might have dropped

Successful people have certain qualities that they have developed in order to achieve their goals.  Some of the qualities are forged habits, others are just the way the person views or takes on situations or initiates opportunities, and some is the drive and energy which they invest into everything they do. How to avoid being

You have known the patient or client in front of you for a long time and are aware of his financial status.  A procedure needs to be done that has a hefty fee and you are concerned about presenting it to him and so decide to do a lesser procedure which is not the ideal

There are those who are total professionals about everything they do and are always striving to be the best they can be (most of our clients are in that category).  “Competition” in their area is merely a reason for them to strive to deliver the highest quality service and learn more and better ways to

Many practice owners have gotten very bogged down in the management of their practices by trying to be “the boss.”  That word can even carry with it some negative connotations and an expectancy on the part of the staff that the boss is going to give them difficult orders or ask them to do undesirable

A revolving door practice is one that seems to be losing their patients or clients almost as fast as they are attracting them.  They are acquiring new patients but have a weak retention rate and lose them back out the door. Typically a practice will have a heavy focus on getting new patients or clients

Start a bonfire, make notes on the back of them, use a corner as a toothpick… many people think that’s about all business cards are good for. How many times has someone asked you for your business card and you searched your pockets, wallet or purse in vain and ended up writing your name and

Days, weeks and months can speed by leaving you a little dazed and feeling like you haven’t accomplished anything.  Sometimes you may feel like you are in a fog and not sure what is going on and how to change it all.  Ever feel like YOU are “sinking the ship?”  Are your staff patiently waiting

Many a practitioner has dreamed the fantasy of the ideal practice:  The perfect location in a totally visible and attractive main street building, that you own, with tons of parking, a beautiful/comfortable/pristine decor, where your patients or clients will love to come and they will brag about it to their friends and family thus referring