How to bring the joy back: Mission-driven vs. fear-driven leadership
In my consulting, I repeatedly come back to the importance of becoming mission-driven leaders rather than fear-driven. During these scary times, leading requires clarity about where we are going and […]
Build a More Valuable Practice by Shrinking the Owner’s Role
At some point, shrinking the owner’s role is essential for the business to thrive. Overdependence on the owner can be crippling and doom the business to a shutdown when the […]
Build a More Valuable Practice by Nurturing Next-Gen Leaders
Once a practice has reached a certain size, finding, training, and nurturing the next generation of leaders moves to the top of the list. Failure to nurture next-gen leaders inevitably […]
Practice owners ask: Is this all worth it?
As a consultant to mental health practice owners, eventually, fundamental existential questions come into the conversation: Is this worth doing? Am I suited for this job? Do I like this? Are […]
How to improve workplace culture: Love our people
How do you improve workplace culture? After a tough year with lots of remote interactions, most practice owners are focused on strengthening their workplace culture. This year’s emphasis in most […]
How To Run A Practice: 40 Years Of Emerging Roles
I did not have a master plan for learning to run a practice. Certainly, nothing in my training gave me a clue about how the mental health system worked. And […]
How to gain momentum by capitalizing on business tipping points
As a business grows, it passes specific business tipping points. If we can capitalize on these thresholds, we can gain momentum and push on to the next level. Let’s begin […]
Why effective leadership is lonely and exhausting
When I started my practice, I did not comprehend much about how isolating, lonely, and exhausting leading a group would be. I probably should have noticed during my early leadership […]
How to redesign your leadership structure as you grow
Once your organization reaches certain milestones, redesigning leadership structure is a must. In this post, I talk about those milestones and how to go about making the needed changes in […]