Do you believe in professional development for staff?

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If you're not growing as an professional or an organization you will lose any competitive advantage you may have had. Large organizations dedicate significant budget dollars to training and development for two reasons: 1) It keeps employees engaged and performing at high levels, 2) it creates an environment that will attract at retain the best talent. It's what I do so I better believe in it! If you think your organization is to small to have professional and organizational development give me a call and I may be able to help you and/or your company. 

Absolutely.  If professional devlolment is done correctly it will empower your team to be better people both at work and at home.  

Take care of your team first, and train them to take care of your patients, treating them like family.   The success of the team and the practice will follow. 

Absolutely!! I want to give my staff the opportunity to be their best in whichever roll they fulfill. It is also important to empower the staff through training, respect and get buy in to have an "owners mentality". There still needs to be a clear line of professionalism and understanding of chain of command.

Yes it will only be a benefit to the business and make the employees more skilled at his/her job

Absolutely. I believe, and have practiced in the past, professional development for both professional and supportive staff, in all areas. Personal growth and achievement is essential to success of one's business, and to the feeling of pride and self-growth of staff.

If you (the Business Owner) are focused on Professional Development to stretch yourself; anyone associated with you and your business must keep pace; or eventually become incompatible or grow apart. 

I believe you are as strong as your weakest link... .

Like any relationship...once you outgrow each other it's a challenge to maintain consistant growth in the same direction.  

Business from West Jordan, UT
Answered on Jul 7th, 2018

If you are not investing in your team, and their professional development, then they will never achieve at the highest level. Whether it is a financial investment to send to a specific training course, or you are investing your own time and energy to instruct them in the areas that need improvement and how to do it, it is essential to the overall long term development of the team, and as a result, the office. Anyone that feels they already know everything and have no room to improve is a hurdle in the way of the progression of the office as a whole. When the team attends these development courses and returns with ideas and input, everyone benefits. The team, the Doctor and especially the patient. Now, somewhere there has been an improvement made that is going to either make the visit more efficient, increase the quality of work being done or both. In most cases, you get out what you put in, and the professional development of your team is no exception. 

100% Yes. IT will pay off in available skill sets for you practitioners.

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