Practical Practice Management Blog

I had the opportunity to talk with some people who are not happy about what is happening at their place of employment.  These employees...

The most important ingredient in marketing to make a business grow is customer service.  If you have poor customer service your bottom...

Most medical professionals receive training in emergency first aid.  Not only do they receive training during school they need to receive...

An interesting thing happened at the office the other day.  One of our staff members was going to be leaving on vacation the next day and...

If you asked 100 people if they would like to be happy at work what do you think they would say? I am sure they would love to be happy...

In my consulting business I often encounter business owners who think running a business, developing a company culture, hiring the right...

With so many different aspects to managing a business, managers and business owners have a hard time knowing what should come first in...

The past few days I have been interviewing potential employees, I find this task to be a two-edged sword.  As a business owner you want...

We often think that stress is related to having too much work to do.  I recently read that having too little to do at work also can...

Since our recent termination of an employee,  I am back combing through stacks of resumes and cover letters trying to pick out candidates...

I was reading a supervisor’s guide by Skillpath Publications the other day and found some good advice in a chapter called “How to achieve...

Summer has officially begun. Depending where you live it may be time to plant your garden, get the beach or lake equipment ready, plan...

Happy Thursday to you all!  I am at the Disney Hotel again to present at one of the largest Podiatric Medical Conferences in the U.S....

Employers, supervisors and managers will often communicate with their staff members as they would with their friends, very casually. ...

Occasionally having a misunderstanding with your coworker can happen with only one of you realizing that something went wrong.  Our time...

Recently I had to terminate a couple of employees. This is definitely not my favorite managerial task to do. When I was a younger manager...

In my consulting practice I have the pleasure to mentor managers. The goal is to increase their strengths, understand their weakness and...

There is something to be said when you find what works and when duplicated it produces the same successful result, that you should not to...

On Saturday I had the wonderful pleasure to watch my son, Jonathan, graduate from Cal State Fullerton, obtaining his BA degree with Magna...

We have just hired a new employee at our practice. She is just what the “doctor” ordered (appropriate, I work in a medical office)....