Practice Quick Tips

No time for negativity

A clear indicator of when it is time to terminate an employee is when you are taking the person “home” with you at night! If you are creating a positive work environment and the person continues to bring in negativity, it is time to make a change.

Your willingness to confront these issues and move through them has incredible impact on your practice’s success. You owe it to the other team members, patients and yourself to clean this situation up.

— Janice Hughes, DC,
The Masters Circle

Judge yourself by your ‘cover’

Develop regular and routine maintenance habits that let you appear at your best. Like it or not, patients form opinions based on appearance.

Pay attention to your personal appearance. Some things that should scream for attention:

• Clean hands (no dirt under the nails from gardening!);
• Tobacco-stained teeth (they can be whitened);
• Calloused hands;
• Unprofessional or ill-fitting clothing.

If you are not sure what to change, ask a good friend to be honest and tell you what needs to be improved, reworked or up-dated.

— Sherry J. Davis
Wake-Up Coach
shervival@aol.com