Episode 74 - My guest today is Dr. David Geier. Dr. Geier is an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist who helps athletes and active people feel and perform their best regardless of age or injuries. In addition to helping patients in his practice, Dr. Geier has learned to help people around the country and world through TV, radio, podcast, newspaper, magazine and online media interviews. Now he helps physicians and other experts with a message to share grow their practices and busines...
Aug 30, 2021•53 min•Ep. 74
Episode 73 - You know, I tried to do accounting in college, and I absolutely hated it. It’s just not fun for me. Taxes are in that same category. I just despise dealing with taxes. It’s frustrating and it’s complicated, and it changes all the time. But, taxes are a certainty in life and in business, so I’ve had to figure out a way to be able to get good at it. Still, it’s a major blind spot for me. Business can be like that, with blind spots. Things that we’re just not good at. Blind spots are i...
Aug 23, 2021•51 min•Ep. 73
Episode 72 - What's the difference in leading a few people vs a global company that does business on six continents? Nothing except size! But, as Master Yoda wisely quipped, "Size matters not." That's certainly true for today's podcast guest, Giovanni di Napoli. He's the head of G.I. for Medtronic, but he started very small, as a medical device sales rep. Over time, his demonstrated commitment to excellence and leadership earned him promotions that have since led him to his current position. Gio...
Aug 16, 2021•28 min•Ep. 72
Episode 71 - My guest today is Dr. Randy Cook. Dr. Cook spent 44 years practicing surgery, so he has seen a lot of changes in healthcare over the last half century. After he retired, he became the host of the Rx for Success podcast where he interviews physicians who are making a difference in medicine. He’s dedicated to helping physicians achieve success for themselves and their patients, and I couldn’t be more excited for you to hear his unique perspective. If you’re ready to take healthcare ba...
Aug 09, 2021•49 min•Ep. 71
Episode 70 - My guest today is Brandon Hakim, founder of Insider School. He’s got a pretty incredible story. When he was in college, he walked into the dean’s office of his University, and said “I feel like we’re getting an outdated education.”She says…we're working on it.” So he started reading books. One book turned into two. Then into four. Eventually into over 1,000. Since then, he’s been on a mission to give you the education you'll never get in school, and has helped over 360,000 people le...
Aug 02, 2021•56 min•Ep. 70
Sunday Special 15 - My guests today are Dr. Tim and Dr. May Hindmarsh. Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh are a dual physician Christian couple. Although their personal testimonies and faith journeys are vastly different, their commitment to their 29 years of marriage has stood the test of time, despite trials and bumps along the way. They have a blast doing life together, but stress the importance of independence and interdependence with Jesus as the center of the relationship. They are both Board Cert...
Aug 01, 2021•59 min
Episode 69 - Are you a Millennial? Do you work with or employ Millennials? If the answer to either question is yes, then you need to listen to this episode! The Millennial generation is unique relative to its Generation X and Baby Boomer forebears. They are more educated, more technologically-savvy, and more independent-minded than the generations that came before them. So, how do we start to figure out how to integrate them into our businesses? Thankfully, today's guest is Dr. Phillip Zimmerman...
Jul 26, 2021•51 min•Ep. 69
Episode 68 - My guest on the podcast today is Dana Vogelmeier. Dana started Vogelmeier Consulting using a research-based, data-driven approach to help companies create a workplace where people love to work, where they feel fulfilled, and one that they can't imagine leaving! Her 35 years of work experience included more than 25 years of leading diverse teams and working for many leaders. Over the years, she began to examine the differences in the teams she worked in and led. Some were great teams...
Jul 19, 2021•55 min•Ep. 68
Episode 67 - My guest on the podcast today is Phyllis Quinlan. Phyllis has been in healthcare for over 40 years in a variety of clinical, education, and administrative roles. She is the author of a book entitled; Bringing Shadow Behavior Into the Light of Day: Understanding & Effectively Managing Bullying & Incivility in Healthcare. You know, if you don’t know whether your team has these kinds of struggles, it’s likely that they’re happening without you knowing it. It’s critically import...
Jul 12, 2021•50 min•Ep. 67
Episode 66 - My guest on the podcast today is Joanne Stadnik. She’s the CEO of one of the largest healthcare organizations in Minnesota. In her 35 years of healthcare administration, she has built incredibly productive, cooperative teams to grow incredibly large businesses. Today, she’s going to talk about the science of fascination. I first heard about this on a podcast in 2014, and I was enthralled. The research behind this is compelling, and I’ve used it in multiple hospitals to help my team ...
Jul 05, 2021•51 min•Ep. 66
Sunday Special 14 - My guest today is Dr. Nneka Unachukwu, better known as Dr. Una. She is the founder of Ivy League Pediatrics, a multi-site pediatric practice in Georgia. While building this practice, she developed a love for entrepreneurship and has since built other thriving businesses as well. Dr. Una founded EntreMD to help physicians like her start and grow a business. She has a successful podcast, a great business mind, and a really interesting testimony. She grew up in Africa, immigrate...
Jul 04, 2021•55 min
Episode 65 - I’m going to mix it up a little bit today. I recently hosted a webinar where I gave a presentation called "Smart Strategies for Building a Successful Clinical Practice." ( Click here to view the webinar ) We had hundreds of attendees, and it was still just a fraction of this podcast audience. I got so much great feedback about the value of the content that I thought I would just share it here with you! The webinar host was Omar Khateeb of Gentem Health. You may remember his great ta...
Jun 28, 2021•56 min•Ep. 65
Episode 64 - My guest on the podcast today is Dr. Marla Ranieri. She’s a physical therapist and former competitive gymnast who started a telemedicine company a few years ago, and it just expoded during the pandemic. While the rest of us were scrambling to figure out how to do telemedicine and integrate it into our practice, she was already working on perfecting the system to make it safe, efficient, and a comfortable experience for providers and patients. Telemedicine probably won’t be 100% of y...
Jun 21, 2021•47 min•Ep. 64
Episode 63 - My guest on the podcast today is Dr. Errin Weisman. Dr. Weisman faced serious burnout after a very short time in her clinical career, but she pulled herself up and started a coaching business on the side. That business has become her primary business, making six figures a year, and yet she still practices part-time medicine! She’s a full-time wife and mom, living on a farm in rural Indiana, and she has proven herself to be a major thought leader in the physician self-development spa...
Jun 14, 2021•52 min•Ep. 63
Episode 62 - My guest on the podcast today is Stacy Sherman. Stacy is an expert in the "customer experience." One of the first things we actually talk about in the conversation is the difference between customer service and the customer experience. The customer experience is a more all-encompassing idea that includes every touchpoint for the patient or customer from hearing about your practice or your business until they receive the service you provide, pay for it, and beyond. As business owners...
Jun 07, 2021•51 min•Ep. 62
Sunday Special 13 - My guest today is Dr. Candice Williams, also known as Keyboard Doc. She was a full-time anesthesiologist until she hear God calling her to leave her medical career and pursue a full-time career as a professional musician and music producer. Her career has been quite the whirlwind of change the last couple of years, but it has been a grand adventure and I can’t wait for her to share it with you. This episode is really uplifting and inspiring. You’re going to love it. Register ...
Jun 06, 2021•57 min
Episode 61 - My guest on the podcast today is Dr. Sogol Pahlavan. She’s a private practice pediatrician in Houston, TX. She has been in private practice for over a decade, growing the business steadily from 2 physicians to 8 physicians, dozens of staff, and over 10,000 patients. And, she did this all by bootstrapping it. She had no formal training in business, no MBA, but she did it anyway. As she’ll tell you, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. There were some serious challenges along the way....
May 31, 2021•55 min•Ep. 61
Episode 60 - My guest on the podcast today is Lance Black. He’s the outgoing Associate Director for Innovation of the Texas Medical Center, now Senior Medical Director for 3ive Labs. This conversation really took me by surprise. He’s a world-class expert on medical innovation, but what I found surprising was how many facets of medical innovation are open to the average physician, whether that’s through developing a medical device, coming up with a non-medical innovation that helps your administr...
May 24, 2021•53 min•Ep. 60
Episode 59 - My guest on the podcast today is April Rhoads. April is a clinical efficiency expert and now the founder of a new non-profit organization called Stop the Burnout. I’m excited for her to come on the show to talk about how to maximize clinical efficiency. It’s funny, I thought this episode was going to be be like in the movie Office Space when the two consultants come in and everyone's basically interviewing for their jobs, but we went in several different directions than I thought. M...
May 17, 2021•51 min•Ep. 59
Episode 58 - My guest on the podcast today is Ryan Inman. Long-time listeners may remember him from episode 25 where we talked about how to have healthy money conversations with your spouse that don’t end in a fight. He’s a fee-only financial planner who works exclusively with physicians. His wife is a physician in the U.S. Navy, and he really understands the unique financial challenges that physicians face. You may know him from his incredibly well-read blog and popular podcast, both called Fin...
May 10, 2021•51 min•Ep. 58
Episode 57 - My guest on the podcast today is Omar Khateeb. He’s the Head of Growth for Gentem, which is a company dedicated to helping physician practices stay independent. He actually started out in medical school for a couple of years before branching out into healthcare marketing. This guy is brilliant when it comes to creating and sustaining brands that register as valuable companies in our customers’ minds. You want to be known as the company that solves a problem for your customer. How do...
May 03, 2021•55 min•Ep. 57
Sunday Special 12 - My guest on The Sunday Special today is Dr. Mario Mendoza. Dr. Mendoza is an anesthesiologist with a unique personal journey, literally. He and his mother fled political persecution and threat of death from Central America and trekked hundreds of miles to the U.S. Border when he was a child. They entered, as Dr. Mendoza likes to say, as undocumented immigrants. He grew up in New York, excelled in school, contributed to his community, and eventually earned his green card. Agai...
May 02, 2021•52 min
Episode 56 - My guest on the podcast today is Steve Anderson. Steve is a general contractor who specializes in medical and dental offices. He has literally written the book on how to build the perfect clinical office to serve your patient’s needs. He has built over 2000 offices for dentists doctors, fertility centers, ambulatory surgical centers, and more. I was tremendously impressed with his approach to building medical spaces. If you’re thinking about building or renovating your office, clini...
Apr 26, 2021•54 min•Ep. 56
Episode 55 - My guest on the podcast today is Chad Beste. He’s a healthcare advisory partner with BDO Healthcare. He has helped hundreds of physician practices develop and maintain healthy financial habits that enable them to reliably grow their business and avoid financial disaster. As we’re starting to come out of the COVID pandemic, I know a lot of you are thinking, how can I make sure my business is strong so that I”m not at serious risk of losing my practice the next time a major economic c...
Apr 19, 2021•49 min•Ep. 55
Episode 54 - My guest on the podcast today is Scott McCarthy. He’s a Canadian Army Officer and the Founder of Moving Forward Leadership. As a logistics officer, he knows how to take a large group of people and leave them to accomplish a highly complex mission. I think you’re going to get a lot out of our conversation today. We’re talking about critical qualities and actions that successful leaders can take. He’s incredibly good at taking leadership concepts from the military and translating them...
Apr 12, 2021•51 min•Ep. 54
Episode 53 - My guest on the podcast today is Dr. Nii Darko. Dr. Nii is a trauma surgeon and the host of the very popular podcast Docs Outside the Box. He and his wife have an incredible story about their journey to financial freedom. As the children of immigrants, the Darko family had some real struggles, but they made deliberate choices to rise above their circumstances. I think what was most revealing about their story was how their character shaped their choices. If you want financial indepe...
Apr 05, 2021•46 min•Ep. 53
Sunday Special 11 - My guest on The Sunday Special today is Dr. Elena Shea. She's a full-time pediatrician and a full-time physician mom. A lot of you know exactly what that’s like. I’m a full-time physician and a full-time dad, so I totally understand what it's like to be a working parent. It’s hard, right? You’re constantly getting pulled in a lot of different directs and it’s normal to feel guilty about how much time you're spending either at work or at home. It’s easy to get trapped into fee...
Apr 04, 2021•48 min
Episode 52 - I’m unusually excited about today’s guest. Scott Miller is the EVP for Thought Leadership at Franklin Covey. You’re probably familiar with the book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Dr. Stephen Covey. He co-founded Franklin Covey to be one of the premiere leadership companies in the world. When I say that they are first class, it’s really not an exaggeration, and Scott Miller has been leading their thought leadership team for years now. His book, Management Mess to Lead...
Mar 29, 2021•53 min•Ep. 52
Episode 51 - My guest on the podcast today is Dr. Jeff Segal. Dr. Segal is a board-certified neurosurgeon who is also a practicing lawyer! He launched a company called Medical Justice in 2002. Medical Justice is a physician-based organization focused on keeping doctors from being sued for frivolous reasons. Dr. Segal also founded eMerit to help doctors protect and preserve their reputations – particularly online. Dr. Segal has established himself as one of the country’s leading authorities on me...
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 51
Episode 50 - My guest today is Matt Seefeld. He’s the Executive Vice President of MedEvolve. Matt helps physician groups stay independent and profitable. He is an expert in design and implementation of AI-driven workflow solutions and business analytics that drive transparency, accountability and automation for healthcare organizations. He works with physician groups around the country to optimize the way they manage their revenue cycles and medical billing teams so they can reduce their cost to...
Mar 15, 2021•58 min•Ep. 50
