Professional Development
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65Confessions of an Average Businessman Who Managed to Build a Profitable Practice
By Clarke D. Newman, OD, FAAO May 31, 2023 When I was a little kid, I started to race small sailboats like...
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2.1K3 Solutions to Leadership Challenges that Boosted Patient Volume 10%
Leadership solutions to provide better care & grow your practice.
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2.8KHow We Should Respond to New State Bills Prohibiting Us From Calling Ourselves “Doctors”
Mobilizing against state bills that threaten ODs' professional standing.
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3.0K5 Ways to Enhance Your Professional Image
Achieving the professional image you need to excel & advance professionally.
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5.5KRethinking Refraction, Online & Offline: Where Are We & What’s Next?
Debating whether online refraction should have a place in patient care.
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3.1KThe Assumptions You’re Making that Lead to Poor Patient Outcomes
Moving past faulty assumptions to provide a higher level of care.
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3.5KAre the Challenges of Private Practice Ownership Worth It?
Advantages to private practice ownership that you may not have considered.
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2.4KThe Office Visit that Recharged 2 OD Practice Owners
The mutual boost you can get from supporting another practice owner.
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2.7K6 Movie Quotes that Illustrate Lessons I Learned Building a $4 Million+ Practice
By Ken Krivacic, OD, MBA Feb. 1, 2023 Movies can help you escape into another world, but they also can provide insights...
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2.7KThe Annual Meeting Powering Continuous Improvement In Our Practice
An upcoming meeting 1 OD says is not to be missed.
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3.5KThe Best Way to Break 3 Kinds of Bad News to Patients
The best way to inform patients of potentially upsetting news.
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6.9K3 Practice Mistakes Costing Me Thousands of Dollars that I Turned Around
Identifying & correcting dire management mistakes.
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1.9K4 Ways We Vastly Improved Our Work-Life Balance Without Negatively Impacting Profitability
Specific actions that enable meaningful work-life balance.
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1.5KHow the Right Practice Partner Can Serve as a Practice Specialty Launchpad
Finding an organization to partner with that accelerates specialized care.
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1.8K4 ODs Share How They Serve Diverse Communities–With Help from a Key Industry Partner
Putting DEI beliefs & initiatives into action.
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1.9KThe Practice Setting Empowering My Teleoptometry-Based Practice
How the right practice setting can be a boost to telemedicine.
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1.6K4 Ways to Be More Emotionally Intelligent & Get More Returning Patients & Referrals
Approaching patient interactions with greater emotional intelligence.
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2.0KMy 3 Greatest Leadership Challenges & the Solutions that Transformed My Practice
Solving key leadership challenges as a practice owner.
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1.4KThe Practice Partner Helping Me Innovate the Future of Optometry
Aligning with an eyecare organization that will allow you to continue practicing in an innovative way.
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1.3KHow to Create a Winning Career Plan–With Help from the Right Practice Partner
How becoming part of a larger organization can spur career growth.
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1.4K3 Books & 1 Podcast Series that Changed How I Approach My Career
Guidance from outside optometry that helped change an OD's career.
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3.1KNew Information Blocking Rules: How to Protect Your Professional Reputation
Changes to make to safeguard your professional reputation.
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2.2KThe Practice Setting that Made It Easier for Me to Become a Medical Eyecare Innovator
How one OD found her ideal place to practice medical eyecare.
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1.6KWhat Are Your Revenue-Producing Activities? Here’s How to Determine What to Delegate.
Knowing where you're most needed & where you can delegate.
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2.2KWhy I’m Afraid I’ll Flunk Retirement
Creating a timeline for retirement that works for you.
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2.0K2 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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2.2KWhat Running Taught Me that Spurred 30% Growth in CL Revenue
The lessons you can learn from a sport you love.
