By Tracy Cherpeski
As a provider, you might not have given much thought to being a leader, because you probably started your practice with the grand idea of helping people, not developing yourself as a leader. But the truth is, as a business owner, you are in the leadership business, and rather than resist it, you could develop your skills as a leader and give your staff the tools they need to support the growth of your business and your overall mission.
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I said it. Maybe turnover is a you problem.
Stay with me here.
If you follow the news, economic forecasts or anything remotely connected to the outside world, you’re hearing a lot about recession and labor shortages. So, logically, that could explain why your practice is experiencing high turnover. And that’s that, right?
Except, it’s not. I wish it were simple, but if it were, then you’d be destined not to have a capable, well-trained team working with you. It’s not that you’re a bad boss or yours is a toxic work environment (if it is, that’s a whole other conversation).
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In today’s world where everything seems to be changing at warp speed, it’s easy to get caught up in the FOMO worry trap and start thinking you might need to make a pivot in your business, especially if you’re experiencing a slow down, or you’ve changed some tactics and they don’t seem to be working the way you had hoped or planned.
Read MoreBy Tracy Cherpeski
I help practice owners serve more patients and rise as experts in their areas of speciality so they can change the system from the inside-out. At the heart of it, my clients and I are puzzle solvers, and we’re committed to finding and eradicating the root cause of discomfort and frustrations so our clients and patients can stop merely surviving and begin THRIVING.
Read MoreWe just came back from a week at the beach with our kids and extended family. There were milestone birthday celebrations: 16 and 60! (Neither of those was me, btw.) There was a lot of laughter. There was some shopping, beach walking, seafood grilling, hot tubbing, and the perfect amount of downtime.
THE BEST PART:
I didn’t take my laptop! No email, no social media, not even a text check-in with my fabulous executive admin and social media maven.
Read MoreTime is the one thing all humans have same amount of each day, unlike money, energy and abilities. I’ve yet to have any clients who use their allotted time the exact same way, but what I’ve witnessed over the years is something my happiest clients have in common, and it’s not how they “manage” their time. It’s how they lead their time.
Read MoreI always assumed because entrepreneurs are so driven and ambitious, they must be inherently motivated, and because I easily lose steam on the motivation train, there must be something wrong with me. However, as I began to work with more business owners, I noticed an interesting pattern in their motivation cycles, and I’m willing to bet you can see some of yourself in it.
Read MoreI advise that you reject resolutions, not because I am convinced that we are destined to fail if we set them, but unless we take the time to work all the way through the vision, seeing ourselves successfully completing in our mind’s eye, and planning the strategy from the end to the beginning, the determination and motivation most certainly will not magically appear.
Read MoreWhat can we do about this dearth of time? For starters, slow down, get dreamy once in a while to get a clear picture of what we want, and why we want it.
How will we know if we have achieved our objectives if we don’t know what they are, and how can we better allocate our precious resources if we do not know where to send them?
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