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Practice Manager, Can You Be Too Friendly at Work?

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Let’s face it. You spend the majority of your waking, productive hours at work each day. You and your co-workers are together 8, 10 sometimes 12 hours a day. You handle pressures and stresses that naturally draw you closer together. Those shared experiences deepen your relationship and create strong team bonds that help you to be more effective and efficient. But, can you be too friendly at work? As a Practice Manager, there are a couple of “friendly” dangers to avoid. The first is becoming too friendly with your employees creating roadblocks to effective management. Initially the relationships you forge [...]

You Won’t Make It As A Practice Manager Unless You Learn To Do This

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

In your office, who is your security manager, privacy manager, compliance director?  Who are you sending to the next meeting about Meaningful Use?  Who keeps your Policies and Procedures up-to-date?  Who handles special projects? If you answered you, the Practice Manager every time, then you need to brush up on your delegation skills. If you don’t learn to delegate, then you’re not going to make it as a Practice Manager. It’s clear that today’s Practice Manager cannot be in the details and still get it all done.  But, just as dangerous is the Practice Manager who assigns a critical task [...]

Medical Practice Managers: How Your Energy Affects Your Creativity

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Ever attend a conference and come away with many so much information that you do not know where to start?  Well, you are not alone.  That happened to me last week when I attended the Sage Summit in the Washington, DC area.  I hope to assimilate the information I gathered and distribute it to you in the bits and pieces that will help you in your medical practice not only to sustain, but to thrive in this time of so much change and “reform”. Speaking of reform and growth, one of the classes I elected to attend was on “The [...]

Common Attributes and Causes for Leadership Success and Failure

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Surely you desire to be a great leader and sometimes you may even secretly question your ability to do so as the leader of a medical practice office.  Everyone does from time to time.  Deciding first to be a successful leader begins with the decision.  You do not need the skills, tools or resources for anything until you first make the decision to be do or have that thing you desire.  Once you have decided to be a great leader and provide excellent leadership to your employees and those you serve, you can begin acquiring everything you need in order [...]