
Doctor,
While you may not admit it out loud, I’m going to assume that you’re likely used to being the smartest person in the room.
You have spent years (many, many years) having all kinds of information, training, learning, and knowledge crammed into your head.
Not many people have gone through the kind of extensive training that you had to go through to get to where you are today in a private practice setting.
So, why do the rooms in your practice seem to have a measure of dysfunction, problems, and frustration?
The problem could be that while doctors are smart -they are still missing crucial details required for running a thriving practice. Let me explain.
Doctors are used to figuring things out, from diagnosing a condition to leading their clinic.
A thriving practice takes more than diagnosis and problem solving. In fact, those two things will keep you stuck in “reactive mode” managing symptoms, putting out fires, and never really thriving.
Enter the coach.
A coach helps Doctors in the same way doctors help patients. A coach has knowledge in areas you might be missing, they can see the larger whole and how everything fits together, and they can help you prioritize your focus and keep you moving toward a brighter future.
I am often asked what does a coach really do and why is hiring a coach so beneficial?
I respond by telling them of my own experience with a fitness instructor.
Several years ago, I won a three-month membership at a local gym.
With the membership came three individual sessions with a fitness trainer to get things going. He was amazing.
He started by asking me what got me to the gym and what I wanted to accomplish. I told him that I have lifted weights most of my life starting with heavy Olympic free weights and Nautilus training machines.
Due to my post college football days, I am left with a damaged neck, and knees and feet of an 80-year-old.
So, while fitness was certainly not new to me, I needed his specialized insight to help me develop a personalized routine that wouldn’t injure me further and would actually help me build strength where damage had been done before. And, as icing on the cake, I needed a fitness routine that didn’t include cardio, because of my previous injuries and well… I hate cardio.
Two private sessions with him and I was on my way. Seven years later, and I still go to the gym five days a week.
Next, my son-in-law decided he wanted to get in shape, so he goes to the same gym and is asked the same questions by the instructor and starts a completely different program, tailored to his needs and goals. Then, one of my daughters did the same thing, and had a completely different experience. The instructor noticed that she was a natural at Olympic Lifting and gave her more individual instruction. And Olympic Lifting became something she is very passionate about.
The moral of the story is that here we have one coach. Three vastly different people. Three vastly different desires and goals. All greatly improving in the direction that they want to go.
That’s what working with a coach can do. They can help you get clear on the bigger picture, uncover the missed opportunities, and then guide you toward reaching your goals.
And with me, coaching is not a “one size fits all” program where everyone follows the same steps. Coaching provides an individual plan based upon the desires of the doctor: Where do you want to go? Who do you want to become? What will it look like when you get there? What do you need to accomplish this?
Faster. Better. Healthier. Powerful.
Coaching has been part of the sporting world forever. It is now common practice in the business world.
It’s about time that it impacted the world of physicians and dentists as well.
If you’re interested in hearing more, then visit us at our website and take a look around and what we do and how we can help you to reach your vision, calling, and goals.
A healthy and powerful practice just around the corner.
It’s time to take the first step.
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