Layered Pharmacy Leadership
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- 6/15/2022
The rewards in pharmacy need work
In pharmacy, the work and the rewards are what you make them. Putting the work in the right way yields the right rewards. - 6/8/2022
3 ways to fix the start barrier in your pharmacy
In pharmacy, we can make it easy to start by first automating the repetitive. Identify tasks that need to occur like clockwork. Use a weekly task log with day of the week headings to list what you need done on each day. - 6/1/2022
Pharmacists, interruptions can kill your train of thought
There is a dramatic cost to restarting. In my previous article The Fear All Leaders Face I discuss the power of a mental health challenge called FOMO and how to reframe thought process to overcome it. But what about when your train of thought is constantly derailed? - 5/25/2022
The fear all pharmacy leaders face
After turning the dispensary lights out at night, despite a fear you may feel, you are not alone. In my previous article “A Leader’s Principal Role: Taking Care of People" I discuss the ruthless requirement and offer tangible examples where leaders take care of people. But while this is going on, who will take care of us? - 5/18/2022
A leader's principal job: take care of your people!
You have one job as a pharmacy manager or owner. In my recent article Why Hiring is Pharmacy's Biggest Problem and What to do About it I described having an automated hiring process to preserve the decision maker's time, while still allocating tangible energy to finding more of the right people. Now it's time to discuss what happens after you do hire. - 5/11/2022
Why hiring is pharmacy’s biggest problem and what to do about it
You are the average of the 5 people you hang around with most. But what does that mean for a pharmacy dispensary if people are too hard to come by? We have a few problems in the mix right now. Pharmacy is a tough, grinding job. Minimum wage continues to grow, putting all local entry-level jobs on the same scale. A pandemic conditioned society to work from home or in hybrid models. Society expects to be paid top dollar with social media job titles, right away. - 5/4/2022
Reacting vs leading – how do pharmacists stay ahead as leaders to prevent returning to the ‘labcoat’?
The difference between elites in any category is less than one per cent. The best of the best out-perform their colleagues across many measures of success, but in the end, what separates the greatest from the good pile lies in the fine details.