Practical Practice Management Blog

“My beautiful mother is no longer here with me but her valuable work ethic lessons play over in my head each day at work. It is...

A few years ago I came upon this great book, “Celebrating Failure” by author Ralph Heath. I believe this is one book that should be in...

Randy Pausch the author of The Last Lecture, died on July 25th, 2008. If you have never watched the last lecture or read the book I...

For the past two weeks I have been teaching in our Virtual Practice Management membership group lessons we can learn from the story “A...

Most people want to maximize their potential in order to be successful at whatever they are trying to accomplish at work or in their...

Wouldn’t it be great if we never had face difficult times in our life? Sometimes, when things have been going good for awhile I will...

Randy Pausch the author of the “Last Lecture” said “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.” This quote has...

I have a friend that makes these amazingly long to-do lists.  The most amazing thing about them is they never get done.  They will have...

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...

Last week I posted about our personal growth mindset and how developing it is done in small steps.  Today, I want to address the managers...

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

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

“The Lone Ranger would have died without Tonto.” Leaders do not become leaders by themselves, yet so often we point out the leader...

I just re-read a great little book that left me inspired to continue to be a giver.  What is a giver?  I guess it depends on who you are,...

Far too often we focus on our short-comings and this can lead to dissatisfaction and unfulfillment in our life.  Not that we shouldn’t...

I don’t know about you, but I am a person who likes “routines.”  I like knowing what I will be doing each morning and a timeline to do it...

Team building is no easy task and there is no overnight solution to creating an excellent performing team. Whether your team is two or...

There are several key “ingredients” that make up great leaders in the workplace.  One for certain is “persistence.”  Although it is an...

Change is inevitable whether it is sudden or planned, it can be difficult to go through. For many when change happens at work and it...

“No dark fate determines the future. We do. Each day and each moment, we are able to create and re-create our lives and the very quality...