Practical Practice Management Blog

When consulting with clients I am often asked “do I have the right number of employees?”  I wish that there was a simple answer to this...

Recently in my consulting business I have been reviewing resumes and interviewing prospective employee candidates for medical offices....

One of my job tasks is taking the deposits to the bank.  I find that this task is time consuming and I feel that my time could be better...

If you serve customers or clients you are in the service industry and understand that 100% satisfaction is the goal to aim for when...

“Don’t find fault, find remedy.” ~ Henry Ford Have you ever worked with a blamer?  Or maybe you live with one.  This type of personality...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a customer coming into your place of business to either purchase something or receive...

Having worked in a management position for almost two decades I have had the opportunity to learn and grow right along with my...

How do you create operational policies that everyone will be willing to follow? Many offices that I have worked with have had an office...

Recently had a conversation with a colleague who happened to mention to me that their workplace discouraged employees from engaging in...

Every business depends on customers of some type.  Without them they would no longer be in business.  It is highly important that...

Yesterday Trevor Nagle, ABD, on his blog Leadership Musings of a Skeptical Positivist, had a great article regarding leadership.  (I have...

Does your place of employment make it easy to work at or difficult?  Some businesses actually make so many rules and policies for...

When I lecture at conferences I have the opportunity to speak with medical staff personnel.  The most popular topic that comes up is...

Are job descriptions necessary? This is a good question, and for many places of business none exist. How many jobs can you think of that...

By Greg Blencoe http://www.freemanagementbook.com/ The first principle in The Supermanager is to surround yourself with high-quality...

By Greg Blencoe: http://www.freemanagementbook.com/ “I’m busy.” If you ask somebody at work how they are doing, you will likely get this...

“The more high technology is around us, the more the need for human touch.” With the advancement of technology we have seen the decrease...

When you look at the Hall of Fame of the business gurus you cannot overlook Sam Walton and the many pearls he left behind for us to glean...

Last week my blog posts were about an office managers workshop that I presented at. The material that I used for the workshop was based...

The final of the top five things as to why managers do not like some employees that they is that they have “Questionable Integrity.” At...