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	<description>Happy Patients, Prosperous Practices!</description>
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		<title>Do You Have The Wrong People?</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2011/09/do-you-have-the-wrong-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my old clients, when asked how many people he had working for him would think for a moment and then quip, “Oh, about half.”
Yes, there are some staff who are not trainable. In fact, they are actually not employable! Yet you may have some of them “working” for you, or at least taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Train Your Staff</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2011/09/how-to-train-your-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2011/09/how-to-train-your-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Optometric Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So you have staff problems? Your staff is not performing the duties you hired them for. You show them how to do it and they only do it when nagged or watched.
There is a principle called the “irreducible minimum.” A person on a job tends to drop the less visible tasks and only do those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Are Different</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2011/09/why-we-are-different/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2011/09/why-we-are-different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Hiring and Retaining Great Staff]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[good help]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vision-practice.com/?p=848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The vast majority of optometrists have so little actual training in running a business or professional practice that it’s a wonder they do as well as they do. In fact, if you had that little training in optometry, it would be impossible for you to practice.
The result is that even in practices that run pretty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Successful Journey Requires a Destination AND a Good Map!</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2011/08/a-successful-journey-requires-a-destination-and-a-good-map/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2011/08/a-successful-journey-requires-a-destination-and-a-good-map/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Optometric Marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[consulting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[destination]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[optometry]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vision-practice.com/?p=846</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Take a moment and imagine your business as a journey. You start off on a journey with a clear mind of the direction you intend to head in, and your likely destination, you prepare, gather what you&#8217;ll need, decide the best course and do what it takes to arrive there. Running your optometry practice is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Create the Ideal Practice</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2011/08/how-to-create-the-ideal-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2011/08/how-to-create-the-ideal-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Practice Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[high-profit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ideal practice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[optometry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to have and maintain an ideal, high-profit optometric practice with lots of happy patients and staff? If so, your first step is to have a clear vision of EXACTLY how that looks.
Why? Consider this. Just like with a patient’s vision, when something goes wrong, it may or may not be simple to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Staff, Your Most Valuable Asset?</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2011/08/your-staff-your-most-valuable-asset/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2011/08/your-staff-your-most-valuable-asset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vision-practice.com/?p=841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There may have been a time when it was possible that in order to be a successful optometrist, a doctor simply needed to know his trade and ply his medicine skillfully, and a successful practice would follow from that. But popular wisdom has been proven true: &#8216;times, they are changing&#8217;. With increased demands and expectations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obamacare &#8212; Good or Bad for Optometry?</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/03/obamacare-good-or-bad-for-optometry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/03/obamacare-good-or-bad-for-optometry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[national healthcare]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Debate on national health care legislation has raged for the last several years and there are some critically important points that effect optometrists. Let&#8217;s skip Fox News, CNBC or wherever you turn for your daily dose of bad news and look closer to home. Setting aside political views, how would the implementation of national health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Motivate Staff, Anyway?</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/02/how-do-you-motivate-staff-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/02/how-do-you-motivate-staff-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Clients Speak]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hiring and Retaining Great Staff]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Practice Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Business Strategies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Brinkley]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vision-practice.com/?p=796</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many practices have lost their sparkle and are caught in the grind because no one is motivating the team. In surveys done of optometrists who have used outside consulting firms, one of the consistently recognized benefits mentioned is &#8220;my staff were more motivated,&#8221; and of course that meant &#8220;more productive.&#8221;
Let&#8217;s take a look at that. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the Right Staff Can Do  for You &#8212; Optometrists Get Big Benefit from Hiring the Right Staff</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/02/what-the-right-staff-can-do-for-you-optometrists-get-big-benefit-from-hiring-the-right-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/02/what-the-right-staff-can-do-for-you-optometrists-get-big-benefit-from-hiring-the-right-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vision-practice.com/?p=790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In our surveys of optometrists at the South Carolina Optometric Association Convention in Myrtle Beach this December, issues with staff surfaced as front burner problems. And for good reason. Good staff is the make/break of your practice. Let me illustrate with a true story.
Tale of Two Barbaras
Barbara #1
When I called to set up an in-office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Win in 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/01/how-to-win-in-2010-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/01/how-to-win-in-2010-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[goals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

I had the pleasure of assisting  optometrists in North Central Florida recently with their goals. They found the  following tips helpful, and I hope you will as well.

Have you set goals for 2010 and beyond? The  importance of setting goals can never be over-estimated in any practice, but did  you ever [...]]]></description>
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