Bethany notices every day the differences between practices led by males and those led by females. While Bethany has avoided doing a podcast on this topic, the impact of gender is simply too strong to ignore. She meets with so many practice owners that are reeling in the aftermath of a gender problem, so she…
Today’s episode is a must listen! Bethany tackles a subject that is near and dear to her heart – perspective/vantage points. She preaches an important thought to both her kids and her clients – at times, our perspective could be completely changed with just a simple step to the right or left. She references those…
After last week’s episode on stealing employees, Dr. Kuba and Bethany took the time to flip the coin. What if the “word on the street” gets to you and you find out that one of your employees is looking to leave? What do you do? Fight to keep them? Preemptively fire them? Do you resign…
Dr. Kuba and Bethany are back in the closet today because they have an extra dramatic topic – stealing employees! When should a doctor check references? What are the rules about contacting an existing employer? What if the employee works for somebody that you know – what should you do? Dr. Kuba and Bethany dive…
Bethany’s dad, Dr. Jones, is back in the studio, and today he is talking about a subject that is often on everyone’s mind – retirement! He takes us through the history of retirement as well as his personal subjective evaluation of retirement. Listeners will be eager to know – when is Dr. Jones retiring?? He…
20 minutes – that is all it is going to take to listen to this week’s essential episode. Listen as Bethany quickly unpacks eight foundational resources that every practice needs. She focuses on two different “buckets” of advice – first, she selects her top four (gasp, only four!?!?) favorite books for practice leaders and teams….
The hardest decision any leader must make is when to ultimately call it quits on an employee. It is a gut wrenching process that cannot be taken lightly. In this episode, Dr. Kuba and Bethany discuss the importance of giving a team member every opportunity to be successful, and it is important for the practice…
First impressions are everything, especially when welcoming a new employee to the team. Just as the leadership team is hoping that they struck gold with their new employee, the new team member is also hoping they risked everything for the right practice. So, these first few days and weeks are critical for setting the right…
Bethany’s dad, Dr. Jones, is back!! In this episode, he and Bethany discuss the importance of recognizing that restless energy and even apathy that some team members experience in the summer months. It is hard to stay focused on work when we really want to play. Yet, the summer months can often be productive months…
Why are changes and improvements so hard to implement? Maybe we start strong, but then old habits die hard. Or, maybe we never even started with the improvement. Why? In this episode, Dr. Kuba and Bethany discuss the challenge of implementation. They incorporate several real scenarios of team members and discuss the WHY behind the…