What would you say is the common denominator of all truly successful people? What have they done that enabled them to rise above the rest of the crowd? Why do others give them such respect and admiration? For sure, successful people are usually smart, motivated, hard-working, and so on, but these aren’t the fundamental reasons
A recent poll on the internet asking: What is the single biggest factor limiting practice success? The choices were: (1) clinical skills, (2) location, or (3) practice management? Answer: 8% “clinical”, 25% “location” and 50% “practice management”, and 13% “other factors”. The three aspects could be likened to a three legged stool, where if you
So the picture is this: Your practice seems to be in a slump for the last couple of months, and of course you try this and try that and nothing seems to bring the numbers back up. Then you start to wonder if it is “the recession” or some kind of temporary economic “down turn”
Ever feel like “the walking dead” some days? Everything has become a monotony? Have to push yourself to keep going? There are probably a whole bunch of possible reasons and a million cures, but I have observed healthcare professionals closely for 25 years now and there are two sources for boredom that are the most
The staff of one of my clients recently had some sweatshirts made saying, “I’m a Vet Tech, What’s YOUR superpower?” How’s that for confidence in who you are! It got me to thinking, what is MY superpower? Maybe I have more than one! I thought of one that everyone who knows me says: “You always
Have you ever been “busy” all day, but didn’t achieve your goals? You were probably distracted. Ever wonder why you feel frustrated at work? Distractions might be stopping you. Ever feel stressed? Distractions may be slowing you down. Distractions are not just irritating, they are destructive forces that ruin your productivity. Examples: supplies that ran
The “No Money” Syndrome Approximately 80% of the healthcare professionals we meet with feel that they “don’t have any money.” However, when we dig deeply into this matter, this “feeling” has two possible sources: either they are not generating enough income, or they actually are making enough but the spending is out of control leaving
Sales and Marketing Denturists frequently ask me “What is the typical successful denture clinic doing?”. This is a hard one to answer as I don’t believe there is such thing as a “typical” denture clinic. Every clinic is unique, has a different set of goals and will strive for those goals in its own way.
We live in interesting and challenging times. If you were to believe all the dire economic predictions, you certainly could give yourself an ulcer worrying about your economic future! During the really bad recession in the early part of the 1990’s, most healthcare practices experienced dives in the income, sometimes very substantial. Our clients, on
9 Practical Tips 1. Disagree: Many so-called “experts” would like to convince you that things are “all bad.” You have two choices, you can agree and go into apathy about doing well at this time, or you can disagree and flourish and prosper. 2. Ignore the bad news: When people read or hear bad news
How DOES one prosper even in tough economic times? The answer is simple: do a better job of taking care of your own show. You can’t control events happening outside your door, but you sure CAN control the quality and quantity of service that your practice delivers to your patients. Do this quick evaluation of
No matter the number of years your practice has been in business, it is always healthy to have a steady flow of new patients coming into your practice in order to maintain a continual expansion. Here is one way to increase the flow of new patients into your practice. Telephone Shopper Handling: In many practices,
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