What strength would you most like your next optometric associate or partner to possess? 1. Topnotch medical eyecare clinical skills2. Expertise at...
Staff Buy-In to Significant Change and Improved Service in Optical Shop Asked about their top staff management achievement in 2011, 25 percent...
1. Getting patients to forego putting new lenses in old frames2. Convincing patients to purchase a second pair of eyeglasses3. Selling polarized...
Asked about their most difficult practice challenge so far, 50 percent of ROB readers cited competition from corporate optometry in their community,...
What was your top staff management achievement in 2011? 1. Creating and successfully recruiting for a new position that fulfills a long-needed...
Asked about their most influential optometric mentor, 44 percent of ROB readers cited a hired optometric consultant, while 33 percent said a...
Making payments on major investment Malpractice lawsuit or threat of one Competition from corporate optometry in community Competition from online eyeglass retailers...
Who has been your most influential optometric mentor? Professor from optometry schoolParent or other relative in optometrySenior partner or associate at your...
What is the most substantial recent change your practice made? 1. Hired a new associate or partner2. Opened a second office3. Relocated...
Nine out of 10 independent optometric practices have web sites, and these web sites are a significant source of new patients to...
By Thomas F. Steiner The Management & Business Academy™ (MBA), sponsored by CIBA VISION and Essilor, has collected financial and productivity data...
By Thomas F. Steiner The following are excerpts from the Duration of Patient Visits Survey, conducted in December 2009 by Practice Advancement...
By Thomas F. Steiner Since 2005 the Management & Business Academy™ (MBA), sponsored by CIBA VISION and Essilor, has collected financial and...
The results of a recent survey of graduates of the Management & Business Academy (MBA) for Eye Care Professionals, sponsored by CIBA...
By Janice Mignogna There is no magic formula for arriving at an equitable sale price, however, there are two widely used formulas...