All practice leadership Articles
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1.1KPatient ExperienceLessons From a New York Restaurant That Changed My Approach to Patient Care
Creating a differentiating patient experience.
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919Practice ManagementFrom Private Practice Survival to Success: Resources That Made All the Difference
Jump-starting optometry practice growth.
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1.3KInsights From Our EditorsLessons from a Foggy Trail: Finding Fulfillment in Practice Ownership
Finding your way along your practice ownership journey By Bethany Fishbein, OD July 16, 2025 Last week my husband and I visited...
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1.7KInsights From Our EditorsThe High Cost of Unmade Decisions
Making, rather than putting off, decisions By Bethany Fishbein, OD June 11, 2025 Over the last few months, our high school senior...
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1.2KInsights From Our EditorsTypes of Leadership: Which One is Best as an Optometrist?
Effective leadership styles for different situations By Laurie Sorrenson, OD, FAAO March 5, 2025 I’ve been reading up on different leadership styles...
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2.0KInsights From Our EditorsBuild a Business, Not a Job
Building a practice that doesn’t need you Mick Kling, OD August 21, 2024 According to a recent AOA Survey, the average optometry...
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1.5KProfessional DevelopmentWhat a Famous Scene from the Film “The Internship” Taught Me About Optometry
Key practice lessons learned from "The Internship."
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1.9KInsights From Our EditorsGetting Comfortable With Conflict
Creating a strategy for the conversations you dread By Bethany Fishbein, OD In my last column, I talked about the importance of...
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2.9KPractice Management3 Winning Marketing, Operations & Leadership Improvement Ideas from Outside Optometry
Building your business with innovative ideas from outside the industry.
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1.2KStaff ManagementHow I Became a Chief Accountability Officer & Why You Should Become One, Too
How to be accountable for everything that happens in your office.
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1.3KInsights From Our EditorsIs Job Satisfaction Important?
Why it’s critical that your employees feel a sense of satisfaction with their jobs. By Laurie Sorrenson, OD, FAAO Feb. 28, 2024...
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1.9KStaff ManagementHow to Spend < $5,000 Yearly & Implement 3 Office Culture Enhancements
Creating a culture conducive to happiness & profitability.
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2.4KStaff Management3 Ways We Serve as Role Models for Our Employees to Create the Practice We Want
Modeling professional behavior for staff.
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3.0KPractice ManagementHow to Develop a CEO Mentality
Developing a CEO mentality that takes your practice to the next level.
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3.5KPractice ManagementHow Coach K (No, not me) Can Help You Lead Your Practice
Lessons for your practice from the "winningest" coach in college basketball.
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3.7KInsights From Our Editors4 Things We Do to Give Our Employees a Sense of Purpose
Specific actions to help employees find purpose and become more engaged. By Laurie Sorrenson, OD, FAAO August 30, 2023 In my last...
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1.6KNews Briefs ArchiveWO Women’s Leadership Conference Sets Date for this Fall
Upcoming event to help you hone your leadership skills.
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2.2KInsights From Our EditorsLook Up! Why You Need to See the Whole “Court” of Your Practice.
By Laurie Sorrenson, OD, FAAO June 7, 2023 In an e-mail response to my basketball career editorial, Elliot M. Kirstein, OD, shared...
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2.0KInsights From Our EditorsAre You Playing the Wrong Soundtrack in Your Head?
By Laurie Sorrenson, OD, FAAO May 31, 2023 I recently came back from the Vision Source Exchange, held in San Antonio, Texas,...
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4.0KPractice Management3 Solutions to Leadership Challenges that Boosted Patient Volume 10%
Leadership solutions to provide better care & grow your practice.
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3.1KInsights From Our Editors3 ODs on Transformative Staff Management Improvements
By ROB Editors March 15, 2023 Training and managing staff is one of the most challenging parts of practice ownership. Here’s what...
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3.5KPractice ManagementMy 3 Greatest Leadership Challenges & the Solutions that Transformed My Practice
Solving key leadership challenges as a practice owner.
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3.6KProfessional Development2 Books that Showed Us How to Create Office Systems, Become Practice Leaders & Pay Ourselves
Business books that helped two ODs greatly improve their practice's operations.
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3.4KPractice ManagementLeadership Challenges I Met to Boost Annual Gross Revenue 20%
Solutions to challenges that changed the trajectory of one practice.
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3.6KStaff ManagementHow I Gained “Traction” to Spur 30% Year-Over-Year Practice Growth
Strategies that empower significant practice growth.
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3.3KInsights From Our EditorsHow to Identify & Address Your Leadership Blind Spots
By Mark Wright, OD, FCOVD, and Carole Burns, OD, FCOVD Oct. 20, 2021 You may be falling short as practice leader in...
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2.6KNews Briefs ArchiveThe Pandemic-Spurred (In-Person) Transformation of a Well-Known Executive Retreat for ODs
Positive changes implemented at a conference on practice leadership.
