Practical Practice Management Blog

What do you do when poor performance starts to become an employees regular performance?  I am sure we have all worked in places where we...

We are such busy people with so many demands in our lives with trying to balance work life, home life and personal “me” life.  It seems...

But everyday there seems to be more important things that get my attention and I was having a hard time finding a block time to get...

The business owner, supervisor or manager should not be the only ones in the office that delegate.  When working as a team, many times...

Making and counting widgets is one thing, evaluating, communicating and motivating people is quite another and not a position to take...

Needless to say, we had to move our dinner inside to get away from them.  Over the next few days they got so bad we had to get fly strips...

Many times we ask questions off the top of our head (without much thought put into them) hoping that will lead to the answers we are...

A study done by the University of Arizona reveals some startling facts about how much bacteria is found on workplace desks.  The study...

Let me explain what mean; you are doing something at work, let’s say talking to a co-working about an issue or problem in the office and...

The first and probably the most important is how you feel about what you do each day at work.   Do you look forward to going to work each...

Keeping perfect balance in the office is quite a trick.  You just think you have it and someone is not happy and things are out of...

Now this really caused me to lift an eyebrow at first because as a manager I never liked the thought of having “power.”  My management...

As we have talked about many times change is not easy and we are all having to learn a new way to do many of our daily tasks and have new...

I am at a conference this week  at Disneyland, California, although this conference is a yearly event for Podiatric Physicians (the 3rd...

Once you have gotten over the initial shock that you have been lied to( if you can)  you need to make sure that you do not over-react. ...

As I sat in my office I thought wow…is this all the patient really thought of his visit?  Didn’t he realize that the doctor was...

As an employer you need to be realistic knowing that you will not be able to capture each employee and turn them into a super investor in...

“Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don’t take too much advice —...

This is an important decision to make, you need to weigh all of the factors and possible outcomes of sharing your personal life issues...

It sounds great and I know for myself that I would love to pursue more what my true passion is,  but that just is not realistic if I want...