Blog
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Are you the Clinician or a CEO?
You’re a newly minted healthcare practitioner and eager to share your skills with the world. Some time passes, your skills and patient list have grown, and now you’re running your own practice. So now you ask yourself the same question many clinic owners before you have asked themselves, am I a clinician or a CEO? But you already know the answer by now, you’ve become both. Being a CEO, or said differently, running a business is a whole other set of skills than being a clinician. Yet, most clinicians have never spent time learning the disciplines of business management. -
Smart Negotiating For Securing Your Business Agreement
Let’s face it - negotiations are a part of life. Whether it be a debate with your partner on who’s driving the kids to soccer practice, a conversation with your colleague on how to best manage a project timeline, or a pitch to your manager for your advancement within the company, we all would benefit from being better equipped with effective negotiation skills. But the reality is that most of us do not receive any formal training on how to use effective negotiation skills to achieve a favourable outcome. -
How to Build Your Professional Partnerships for Success in Practice
Owning a business is an act of courage. Every day, you make decisions that will shape the future of your company. During this journey, you will also rely on key partners to help steer you away from pit falls, while enabling you to foster sustainable growth. As a practice owner...
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Showcasing Your Value to Clinic Owners
The vast majority of new healthcare practitioner graduates will launch their clinical practice as an employee or associate at an established clinic. One of the most challenging aspects of this process is finding the right clinic location and securing an employment relationship with the clinic owner that aligns with both your clinical and business objectives. In my experience however, most new graduates are underprepared for discussions with clinic owners and often forget to showcase the value they bring to the table as a new practitioner to the clinic. -
Three Elements of Business Management I Learned From Successful Clinics
Business management skills don't often come as second nature to most of us as healthcare practitioners private practice. I first started to gain my business acumen as a part-time clinical assistant in a multi-disciplinary health centre while a student in chiropractic college. Over the years, I have added to my business skillset and gained valuable insight into what makes successful practitioners and clinics. -
Why I've Become So Passionate About Healthcare Excellence
Do you ever sit back and wonder - how did I get here? I often get asked by patients what led me to become a chiropractor. The answer has always pretty simple - I was injured as a young athlete and a chiropractor helped me. But when I truly reflect... -
What's Concerning Most Chiropractic New Grads
Much of the feedback from the chiropractic students at last week's CMCC Practice Opportunity included uncertainty around marketing, financial management, business planning and contracts. However, the biggest concern from students was...
