Practical Practice Management Blog

“The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.”  ~Charles DeLint Employees path...

The other day in the office I thought that we should revisit some of the standards we have for patient paid procedures to make them a bit...

“The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side” ~ Margaret Carty #doingwhatisright #helpingcoworkers...

"You make a difference to your team when you are there and even more so when you are not" ~T.C. Totaro #callinginsick #thinkingofother...

“Understanding Different Work Styles With Color” OfficeTeam has a great survey and free download guide called “Your Work Style in Color”...

Have you ever worked with someone who it seemed was always in a panic because there was something that they didn’t get to and now it was...

“The Key to success is often the ability to adapt” ~ Unknown “There is nothing wrong with change if it is in the right direction” ~...

1. Why am I/we frustrated today?  List all of the specifics that you can as to why you feel like you do. 2. What, if anything, can be...

1. Be nice. This sounds simple but if you have just been “stung” by your boss it might not be.  The first important fact to realize is...

1. Am I happy about going to work today? 2. Name three things that you will do today that you are looking forward to doing. 3. Name one...

1. Think about the task as soon as you have been assigned it and figure out actually how much of your time it will really take.  This...

#greatcustomerservice #officemanagement #procrastination #workingefficientlytogether

9/25/12 “Many hands make light work” John Heyword #commongrounddiscussion #goodworkrelationships #personalproblemsatwork...

http://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3088.pdf #EAPs #areyousafeatwork #disasterplansatwork #safetyforpatientsandworkers...

Along with the changes of seasons brings the thought of changes in our own life as we feel a renewing, but how is the best way to bring...

Butterflies A man found a cocoon for a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as...

A perfect example of aligned teamwork happened to me a couple of weeks ago when I was taking a flight to Chicago and as I was leaving for...

#workingmoreefficiently #conflict #problemsolving #consequencebasedthinking #teamwork #goals

We get so busy at work sometimes that misunderstandings between coworkers can happen quite easily with one of the parties never realizing...

One of my office mottos is “Our patients deserve an “E” ticket ride when they walk through our door.”  For those of us over the age of 40...