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You are your own best resource
As a life-long learner and explorer, I am always on the lookout for new and useful resources for my clients and myself. While it is my belief that we are our own very best resources, you may find added value in some of the following references and external resources.
Free Report
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How Managing by Myth Leads to Stress and Struggle in Your Practice: Considering a Different Approach
In this report you will learn: how conventional management myths keep practitioners from having the success they desire, why these myths are so widespread, seven steps that will help you move beyond managing by myth, and how to apply these powerful steps to achieve your goals. Here is a preview of the myths:
Myth 3: By pushing harder I will overcome obstacles, objections, and limitations.
Myth 6: Marketing-based patient education is an effective model to produce long-term patients and ongoing referrals.
Myth 10: Incentivizing staff leads to improved performance and teamwork.
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Articles by Dr. Shelley Simon
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Crafting a Model of Patient Education: Negotiating Meaning and Shared Clinical Reality
(Originally published in Topics in Clinical Chiropractic)
This article reviews chiropractic patient education as it relates to health outcomes, public perceptions of chiropractic, and changed health behaviors, and examines chiropractors’ commitment to and practice of patient education. While patient education is commonplace in clinical settings, disparity exists between patient perspectives, practice objectives, and views held by the profession itself. We can learn a great deal from this disparity. |
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Twelve Steps to Effective Delegation
For the practitioner wary of delegating, learn twelve steps you can use the next time you find yourself thinking, “Why am I doing this?” This quick read offers practical advice you can use today to more effectively delegate to your staff and establish mutual accountability in the process. |
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Turning Your Staff Into a Team
Your systems, marketing efforts, and ability to generate revenue are only as good as your team is strong. In this brief article, you will learn the basic — yet important — elements of team building and how you can create an environment in your office that supports a high-functioning team. |
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Audio Clip: A conversation with Greg Stanley
Excerpts from a 2005 interview with Shelley Simon, conducted by Greg Stanley, President of Whitehall Management.
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Bookshelf: A short list of recommeded readings
- The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life, by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
- Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee
- The Power of Purpose: Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work, by Richard Leider
- Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, by Robert Sapolsky
- Transforming Stress: The Heartmath Solution for Relieving Worry, Fatigue and Tension, by Doc Childre and Deborah Rozman
- Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life, by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Wherever You Go, There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Working with Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman
- Heal Thy Self: Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine, by Saki Santorelli
- The Art of Happiness at Work, by Howard Cutler and The Dalai Lama
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, by Peter Lencioni
- The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal, by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
- Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, by David Allen
- Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership, by Joseph Jaworski
- Crucial Conversations, by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler
- The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
- Non-Violent Communication, by M. B. Rosenberg
- Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future, by Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworksi, and Betty Sue Flowers
- The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle
- Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation, by Parker Palmer
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Favorite retreat sites and learning resources
The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare and Society (CFM) at the University of Massachusetts — Top resource for training and research on mindfulness and stress reduction.
Learning In Action Technologies, Inc. — Innovative research and tools for developing emotional intelligence and for learning in relationship.
Dialogos — Programs in dialogue, organizational learning, and collective leadership
The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara — Coach training organization.
Rancho La Puerta — Retreat center and spa in Mexico.
Heartmath — Excellent resource with coherent strategies for health and self-regulation.
Spirit Rock — Meditation retreat center in Northern California.
Noetic Sciences — Sponsor of dialogue and leading-edge research into human potential, healing, social change, and leadership.
Excellent resource with coherent strategies for health and self-regulation.
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