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The 7 KPIs Every Physical Therapy Clinic Owner Needs to Track

Most PT clinic owners track only 2 numbers, and wonder why they keep hitting a ceiling. Here are the 7 KPIs that actually predict what's about to happen in your practice.

March 31, 20268 min readRead Full Article →

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Customer Experience

Get Customer Input Before You Build, Not Feedback After You Ship

Feedback arrives after you have spent the money. Input arrives while the decision is still open. Here is the difference, and how to build a rhythm for it in your own business.

July 25, 20265 min read
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Leadership

The Monday I Didn’t Want to Go to Work

I pulled the covers back, rolled to my side and sat up. My first thought was, “I don’t want to go to work.”

November 4, 20253 min read
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Business Strategy

4 + 2

High-performing companies don't get there by accident. Harvard Business Review studied 160 companies over 10 years to find out what actually separates them.

August 19, 20252 min read
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Business Strategy

You've Only Got to be Better Once

The things that come to you when playing digital mini-golf with your kids. You only have to be better once, as long as you are as good as the rest of the time.

December 17, 20243 min read
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Customer Experience

4 Questions to Ask About Your Customers’ Experience

“They are not my competition!”, she almost blurted. “Wow, that’s it.”

August 16, 20242 min read
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Business Strategy

Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You

Steve Martin liked to give the advice, “Be so good they can’t ignore you.”

August 9, 20242 min read
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Customer Experience

The $0.50 Sweet Secret Weapon

SuperOffice found that 81% of organizations cite customer experience as a top competitive differentiator. So do 4 out of 5 of your interactions with businesses actually stand out?

July 23, 20243 min read
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Business Strategy

These Few Business Basics Really Matter

Harvard Business Review published What Really Works, in business back in July 2023, a summary of the Evergreen Project. The lessons are as applicable today as they were then.

June 21, 20243 min read
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Business Strategy

Beyond “What We Do”: How to Stand Out

I was talking with a practice owner the other day and asked her, “What do you do?”

May 10, 20242 min read
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Leadership

The Tricky Balance Between Safety and Financial Performance

“BOEING FACES TRICKY BALANCE BETWEEN SAFETY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE”

March 19, 20241 min read
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Business Metrics

Connecting the Dots: The 7 Metrics Every Business Owner Should Track

Discover the seven key numbers that drive business success and learn how to use them to make smarter decisions and uncover hidden opportunities.

March 14, 20248 min read
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Systems

Building Systems That Work Without You

Learn how to create processes and systems that allow your business to run smoothly even when you're not there, giving you true freedom and scalability.

March 1, 202410 min read
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Leadership

Tell Me About a Time When You Collaborated

The interview was winding down and I asked my final question, “Will you tell me about a time when you collaborated with your friends or coworkers?”

December 26, 20234 min read
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Leadership

Unlocking Employee Engagement: The Power of Clarity in the Workplace

In the ever-evolving landscape of the modern workplace, one statistic from Gallup’s Annual Employee Engagement Survey stands out: a staggering 70% of American employees, and 80% of employees worldwide, are disengaged at work. These disengaged employees contribute to increased absenteeism, higher turnover rates, safety incidents, diminished productivity, and the emergence of toxic workplace cultures. However, there’s a beacon of hope in the form of clarity-a key element that has been notably lacking.

September 29, 20233 min read
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Systems

Your Unique and Precious Business is Eminently Predictable

When Rand Stagen came to EO San Francisco, he put up a picture of his daughter when she was about a year old. And he said, “My daughter is unique, precious, and largely predictable in her development.” And after a long pause he added, “just like your business.”

August 22, 20235 min read
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