we talked about values<\/a>. Now, let’s talk about philosophy. Philosophy is a set of ideas or beliefs relating to a particular field or activity; an underlying theory (from http:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/)\n<\/p>\n\n\tMy friend Bill Gregg says<\/strong>, “Everyone has a philosophy, but it’s not always conscious, well thought-out, chosen, planned or acted upon…”<\/strong><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\tI believe and have experienced as truth that creating or discovering our practice philosophy intentionally is of utmost importance<\/strong>… If you already have a clear philosophy, then you know what I mean. If you’d like to explore the idea more, here are some questions to ponder:\n<\/p>\n\n- \n\t\tWhat is our practice founded on? What’s important to us and what type of practice do we want to have? What do we strive for?\n\t<\/li>\n
- \n\t\tHow will I behave as the owner\/leader? What can people expect from me? How will I lead the patients, team and practice?<\/em>\n\t<\/li>\n
- \n\t\tWhat is the practice environment like? Physically and emotionally? \n\t<\/li>\n
- \n\t\tWhat are my beliefs about the quality and types of clinical care we provide? And how we will provide it?<\/em>\n\t<\/li>\n
- \n\t\tWhat are my beliefs about how business should be handled? What do we believe about marketing and our reputation? What do I believe about money and what I’m being paid for?\n\t<\/li>\n
- \n\t\tWhat are my beliefs about how I treat my team and how we will all treat each other? What do I believe about accountability, responsibility and growth? How do I feel about hierarchy? Collaboration?<\/em>\n\t<\/li>\n
- \n\t\tWhat are my beliefs about how we will treat our patients? What do they want? What do they experience in our office? What are the benefits our patients receive from doing business with us?\n\t<\/li>\n
- \n\t\tWhat are our beliefs about people and how they like to be treated? What are people capable of?<\/em>\n\t<\/li>\n
- \n\t\tWhat are our beliefs about our responsibilities and\/or roles in the community?\n\t<\/li>\n
- \n\t\tHow do we clearly communicate who we are as people and as a health team?<\/em>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n\tThese are great questions to get you started! Have fun and I’d love to hear your comments below in the comments section. Have a great week! \ud83d\ude42\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tHere’s to you and your philosophy!<\/strong><\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\tAllison<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As we think back or look back at the first article in this series, “What’s Your Brand?”, the first step is getting clear on our values and philosophy. A couple of weeks ago, we talked about values. Now, let’s talk about philosophy. Philosophy is a set of ideas or beliefs relating to a particular field […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[310,22,25,4,24,3,26,1],"tags":[12,272,273,271,185,199],"yoast_head":"\n
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