Ground Rules for Positive Performance
Work environment plays a big part in how team members will work together. Ground rules need to be in place, taught and adhered to every day in order for the work environment to be established.
Investing In Staff
When doctors take the time to train and providing continuing education for their staff, they not only creating value for the practice, they are creating value for their assistants in terms of their career as a podiatric medical assistant.
Learning To Communicate Is An Ongoing Process
Being able to communicate well with one another is an ongoing effort and takes practice and time every day. The effort we put into educating ourselves on how to be a better communicator is worth its weight in gold.
Making Your Peaks Last Longer
Life has its peaks and its valleys. The key to a good life is having long peaks and short valleys. Sometimes we just get hit with some bad news and we immediately fall from the peak into the depths of a valley.
Keep Communication Simple
Putting forth the effort to keep our communication simple, clear and direct at work actually makes our work easier for our patients and us.
Change and Improvement Is Accomplished One Small Step at a Time
If you want to motivate yourself and your staff to continue to make changes and improvements to the practice you need to celebrate the small wins along the way. There is no quick way to transform your practice it takes continual focus and work.
Low Employee Morale
If your staff never seems to be very happy to see the patients or each other for that fact, you might be suffering from "Low Employee Morale.”
Respect in the Workplace
Why would you want to work all day with people who don't show you respect? Tina Del Buono shares some ways to show respect for co-workers.