You’ve heard that old expression to the effect that it’s better to do and then ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission in the first place. I’m not sure if that’s always right in a social setting, but in business it often works out in your favor. After all, there’s a lot…
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Why You Need a Different View of Business Strategy – Medical Group Minute
The physicist Niels Bohr is reputed to have quipped that prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
Are We There Yet? – Podcast
What parent hasn’t heard those words?
Do You Make This Mistake in Business?
Are you in business or are you just running a club? As the medical marketplace continues to shift, what chance does a club have against a real business?
Are We There Yet? – Medical Group Minute
What parent hasn’t heard those words?
Do You Know This Key to Negotiation?
Do you know this key to negotiation? The key that will open the door to a done deal, a deal that delivers on your wants? I’ll tell you, but you have to promise not to tell anyone else. Just kidding. Here is it: Make sure that the other party gets what it wants. No, I’m…
Artists, Patient Satisfaction, and the Creation of Something Out of Nothing
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So, too, is patient satisfaction.
What’s It Cost? – Medical Group Minute
Thirty some years ago, my father told me that you paid less for $150 shoes than you did for a $49 pair.
Growth for What Sake?
Growth for growth’s sake isn’t a strategy. It’s just a tactic, the tactic of getting bigger.
Growing your business doesn’t always make it more profitable. If it did, General Motors would never have gone into bankruptcy.
Don’t Confuse Strategy With Tactics (Or With Garbage)
Strategy is the map of your intended destination, not simply of each individual stop along a way that is left to chance. Tactics are steps in the implementation of strategy.