Practical Practice Management Blog

When you are in the job search arena and desperately in need of landing a job it is hard to take the time to ask the right questions to...

Empowerment is a term regarding a business management style where managers give staff members the power to make certain decisions within...

According to a Centers for Disease Control and Preventions survey 40% of Americans get less than the recommended 7-9 hours of sleep each...

Don’t aim at success – the more you aim at it and make it a target the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot...

When talking to a young business owner recently she told me that she was frustrated at how hard it was to own a business, run a business...

I am sure that many of you, like I suffer time-to-time with negative self-talk.  It seems to rise its ugly head when we are stressed,...

When working with a client recently they expressed they were having some difficulty working with a person whom they outsourced some...

I have been doing some work on gaining clarity in some areas of my life lately and I remembered an interesting conversation I once had...

Hiring new staff members is not one of my favorite things to do.  Why?  Because it costs money (lots of it), and if you make a wrong...

When hiring a new person we (the employer/manager) have certain expectations they are to meet, at least in our minds. But does the new...

One of the most important skills that we can develop that will improve our daily life is self-discipline. Self-discipline is the...

My friend and colleague, Dr. Peter Wishnie, always teaches that you need to “slow down to speed up”. Over the years I have found this to...

When was the last time that you devoted time to learning something new? Maybe it was a skill or possibly knowledge to understand...

Last week I stopped by our local pet store to pick up a few things for my Boston Terriers.  As I was walking up to the register one of...

Recently, our medical practice hired two new staff members. These wonderful ladies have worked together in another practice for about...

I was working with an office manager the other day and she happened to mention that she was struggling with a feeling of being left out...

“When you ask better questions, you get better answers. This may seem like common sense, but common sense is rarely common practice. When...

Running any type of business can be difficult. There are more things to think about and take care of then there are hours in our day. ...

The difference between those that reach their goals and those that do not is often the lack of self-motivation. How can we gain...

The theme of “becoming a better person” has been popping up in everything I have been reading or listening to. Possibly because people...