When Uncle Covid Came to Stay
When Uncle Covid came to stay, the impact on BVFLS practices was immediate and widespread. Nearly a year later, we see the green shoots of changes that have been accelerated or, in some cases, [...]
Setting Up Your Remote Control
Thanks to COVID-19, employers in 2020 experienced one of the most significant remote work experiments in American history. Many businesses across the country had to implement ad hoc work from [...]
Leverage Uncle Covid’s Disruption
Most practices would like to get back to the office sometime in 2021. If you are one of them, now is the time to think about how your returning team will already be in a change mind-set. How can [...]
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
You don’t know what you don’t know about that candidate you are interviewing. That means hiring risk. If you could reduce that risk, why wouldn’t you?
4th Quarter 2020 Introduction
BVFLS practice leaders have settled into new routines when it comes to getting the work in, getting it done and out the door. Adjustments have been painful for some. Easier for others. The only [...]
Automated Video Interviewing? Maybe Yes. Maybe No.
So much of your business life happens via video. No surprise that you would end up doing interviews that way. But is it a good idea to automate that process?
Getting Off the Field and Into the Press Box
Covid-related travel restrictions and widespread work from home policies have led to a dilemma: How can you effectively migrate critical in-person training programs to other formats? What [...]
Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go
The most common reason team members leave? They found a better growth opportunity. It doesn’t have to be that way if you work with them to find that growth opportunity where they are.
Candidates Think the Way You Hire Is the Way You Manage
Good candidates come from practices that are as busy as you are. Shouldn’t they understand when the hiring process doesn’t always happen in the timeframe that you said it would?
3rd Quarter 2020 Introduction
We are in uncharted territory and likely to be there awhile. While you look to the horizon to see what is coming next, you need to keep your feet planted in the fundamentals of practice [...]
Looking for Team Building? Look at Training
Training is an ongoing component of staff development in every successful practice. Team building sometimes shows up as a lucky by-product. It doesn’t have to be. You can harness team building [...]
The High Cost of Not Delegating
Wouldn’t it be nice to sit down every morning and see all the progress in your practice that doesn’t require your direct involvement? Of course, it would. But it won’t happen without successfully [...]
