Culture-Driven Leadership: How to Build a Thriving Team
Culture isn’t built on motivational posters, free snacks, or once-a-year team-building exercises. It’s built by you—the leader—through your actions, consistency, and accountability. Want a thriving, engaged team? It’s not about what you say; it’s about what you actually do.
Let’s break down what culture-driven leadership really looks like and how to make it part of your daily leadership (without losing your mind).
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The ‘Energy Audit’ - Why Some Team Members Are Dragging the Whole Practice Down
Running a successful team or practice isn’t just about the bottom line or performance metrics—it’s about cultivating a thriving culture that empowers and energizes every team member. But not all culture issues show up in obvious ways.
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Culture is What You Allow – How to Identify & Address Unspoken Problems
Culture isn’t about fancy mission statements or team-building retreats. It’s about what actually happens every day—the behaviors that get tolerated, the problems that get ignored, and the unspoken rules that shape how your team functions. If you’re a practice owner wondering why your “great culture” still has major issues, it’s time to look at what you allow.
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Stop Playing Cleanup: How to Build a Team That Actually Takes Ownership
If you’re constantly putting out fires, fixing mistakes, and handling things your team should be handling, let’s be real—you’re not leading. You’re babysitting. And that’s a fast track to burnout. So, let’s dig into why this happens, how to shift your mindset, and what steps you can take to build a culture where your team steps the hell up.
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Welcome to Culture Focused Practice: A No-BS Dive into Group Practice Ownership
If you’re a practice owner drowning in hiring struggles, retention headaches, and why-the-hell-is-everyone-doing-their-own-thing moments, this is your space. I’m here to talk about the stuff no one tells you when you start this whole practice ownership gig–and, more importantly, how to get it right.
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Welcome to Culture Focused Practice with Dr. Tara Vossenkemper
Hey hey! Welcome to Culture Focused Practice, where we cut through the fluff and get real about what it actually takes to run a successful group practice. We’re talking about the good, the bad, and the holy shit, why didn’t anyone warn me about this? parts of practice ownership.
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Start with the End in Mind: Vision Planning for Practice Owners
Vision planning isn’t just some fluffy, pie-in-the-sky exercise (although I love those, too #OwnItTara). Vision planning serves as a major foundation for building a thriving, sustainable group practice. By starting with the end in mind, you’re not only defining where you want to go, but you’re also creating a roadmap to get you there.
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Streamlining Decision-Making in Your Practice: The Role of EOS in Simplifying Leadership Choices
As a practice owner, you’ve probably had days where you feel like a human ping-pong ball. One minute you're answering client emails, the next you're knee (or thigh) deep in the weeds with staffing issues, and then it's off to the races with financial planning or “visioning” (trying to, at least, because you hardly have time to sit still and think/plan/dream/feel about the future.
It’s exhausting.
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