Practical Practice Management Blog

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...

One day the Baby Boomer physician asked Gen Y assistant for the phone book.  The assistant replied, “I don’t think we have one.”  The...

So often when employees are hired on with a company they think that the position they were hired for is all they need to know about in...

I’m not sure if there are many employers or managers who really like looking for new employees.  I know we want to hire great people who...

We need to work so we all want to stay healthy, especially during this time of bad flus and viruses.  There are certain way that we can...

On my coaching call yesterday, we were discussing the topic of “Mindset” and how we have the ability to change our mindset.  I told the...

Being a Sunday School teacher in the way past of my life, I was reminded yesterday of a scripture we use to talk about with our pre-teen...

When speaking with some friend the other day one of them expressed being upset by the fact that at her company they are using the term...

Most conversations at work are not speaker to listener. They end up being speaker to speaker. People talk at each other, reacting...

When working with managers I have found one area that many find difficult is conducting Job Performance Reviews. Over the past couple of...

This past weekend I had the privilege of speaking with medical professionals at a conference in Toronto, Canada. One of the topics we...

All employers want great employees. Yet it seems that a lot of the employers I speak to their number one issue is employee problems. What...

A couple of months ago I went to a conference and part of the requirement for managers in my state was to take a 2-hour course in Sexual...

Since opening our new medical practice this year I have had the wonderful opportunity to revisit our office policy manual. It is a fact...

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

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

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

What I made a mistake? Sometimes it is just hard to believe when you have made a mistake, especially when you know what you should have...

Team meetings or huddles are very important in keeping everyone on the team connected together.  Often times what happens is only one...

“I posted this blog several years ago and was reminded of the lesson I learned from my mother as I began training a new employee last...