Expectations that others do or be what you expect of them is a sure-fire way to frustration, low performance and shattered relationships in your practice, your team and community. Hardly a day goes by when Quest Coaching doesn’t field a call from a stressed out chiropractor or associate regarding the sorry state that their relationship is in. (It is usually at a crisis point). At the root of these in almost every case is failed expectations. It can be principals,…
It goes without saying that when you are the sole practitioner the practice is all about YOU. The practice is yours in all aspects of ownership, responsibility and control. You are the focus and it is you who calls the shots. In your practice it is you who are there to serve your practice members and your team faithfully rallies around you to help you fulfil this important role. When you are the focus of the business it is appropriate…
As caring, sharing healers, chiropractors have a preference, in the main to be supportive and nurturing. These qualities are what set chiropractors up for success in their clinical field and get great results for their practice members. There are times, however when this style is counter-productive and it is appropriate to adopt a different style. Let’s take the bigger picture of improving prospective and existing client and public perceptions of you and your profession. Maybe we need to get more…
In my 40 plus years experience in creating and running associate practices I wouldn’t want to practice any other way. However my observation from coaching untold hundreds of chiropractors is that relatively few associate relationships work to the mutual satisfaction of both parties. It seems like there is a typical pattern here. The associate’s initial incantations of “I would give anything to work for you” soon turn into “you expect me to do too much” or “I’m not getting enough…
