Allied Health Business Brilliance

There are so many things you can learn from private practice owners and in this episode of the PPMP podcast we are going to hear some pearls of wisdom and tips on running your own private practice and, eventually, opening up a second clinic. My guest Amanda Abel of the Northern Centre for Child Development shares with us her experience in operating a private practice, expanding, lessons she’...

Knowing, monitoring and having control over our cash flow can give so many benefits to our business. And it isn’t as hard as you think it is to start adapting this in your business today. In this episode of the PPMP Podcast, our guest Louise Delaney, Director of CashFlowsForYou is going to share with us what great cash flow can do for our business. It’s a super easy way to plan ahead f...

Websites are homes of businesses online. And as we do in our real homes, we need to also secure our online homes. It’s one thing that we sometimes forget but is very important that we put time and effort into. In this episode of the PPMP Podcast, Ingrid Moyle, the Founding Director of Heart Harmony Communications joins us to talk all about websites. This is a very interesting topic for allie...

As business owners, we need to do so many things, be there for so many people that we get overwhelmed and forget to prioritise what really matters. This is where an accountability coach can help us out… but what is an accountability coach and why do you need one? In this episode of the PPMP podcast, Darren Finkelstein, my personal accountability coach and the principal consultant at Tick Th...

There are so many things that team members need to be able to do in your clinic. One of the most important is providing great customer service to clients. But did you know that it is possible for us to automate the mundane, day-to-day tasks that can take up so much time when we do it manually? Hootan Mohseni founding director of Cliniq Apps shares with us valuable information about Cliniq Apps. Cl...

Human Resources is one of the hardest things to manage when it comes to business. Employee Matters is a company that helps small to medium businesses hire and manage better. They offer services on HR that is fully flexible depending on the needs of your business and help you maximise profitability and productivity through your employees. Natasha Hawker, Founder and Managing Director of Employee Ma...

Everyday Independence is an allied health business that supports people with disability to reach their full potential and to enjoy an everyday life. They build on what is working and create changes in areas that are not by doing OT, physio and speech pathology. In this episode of the Private Practice Made Perfect Podcast, the Everyday Independence team - Ingrid Cole, Mal Healey and Leanne Healey -...

What does it take to build a successful business? My guest today, Jeremy Streten is a lawyer and the CEO of The Business Legal Life Cycle. He is going to talk to us all about his book the Business Legal Life Cycle: How to Successfully Navigate Your Way from Start Up to Success.  Jeremy generously shares about what his book covers, understanding intellectual property and common legal growing p...

I interviewed Carlien Parahi on episode 116 of the Private Practice Made Perfect Podcast where she shared how they successfully took their business, Sense Rugby, to other OTs around Australia and globally. She was a wealth of knowledge and was so generous in sharing their story. As an allied health business owner, you may find some useful tips and lessons that you can adapt into your own practice....

I have recently had numerous conversations with allied health business owners I work with who have been growing their businesses, building their teams, signing contracts, planning, designing new rooms and building websites. And one question that is commonly asked is on the topic of rooms - the look of your office / centre / clinic, whatever you may call it. As with any other facet of your business...

How do you approach your day at work? Do you plan everything or do you work as you go? Donna McGeorge, author of The First 2 Hours - the book I’ve been raving about for some time now, might help you change the way you make use of the most valuable hours of your day.  Her book is life-changing and it has definitely made a big impact in my life personally and professionally. Donna’s...

Meetings - you either love them or loathe them. But either way, these are a critical part of any business, including the allied health business. I want you to think about how you hold meetings in your business, the frequency, the length, and most especially the quality. Do your team members leave with clarity, focus and optimism after your meetings or do they leave unmotivated and bored? It’...

Chris Smith, Founding CEO of Happy HR, wants to make all your HR dreams come true. And in this episode of the PPMP podcast, I’ve invited him to do just that. It’s seriously an information-filled episode you wouldn’t want to miss. Chris is going to walk us through how Happy HR can help businesses recruit, train, and retain their employees to build a team that will help grow your b...

Over the years, I’ve met and worked with many allied health business owners who are amazing managers. What I mean by this is they are good at the operational day-to-day stuff.  However, they lose staff, gain staff and have plenty of challenges on the team leadership side of things, and so their business is compromised.  That’s where it would pay to be a leader, rather than a...

In this episode of the PPMP Podcast, Marga Grey, Occupational Therapist and CEO of CoordiKids joined me as we talked about her journey from starting her own private practice to writing programs and books with the hope of helping kids all over the world. Marga also touched on the importance of time with family and how she juggles life being a working mum. She also shared what she has done to improv...

In this episode, we are going to talk about online learning, virtual events, webinars and so on. I believe we are at the very start of engaging at learning online and I suspect it’s going to take in many forms that we don’t know about yet. Personally, when I need to learn about anything, the platforms I engage with are all virtual and online. I love it as a media!  So, I want to s...

In this episode, Danielle Williams, a special needs mum to 2 complex girls with a rare genetic condition called SYNGAP, shares her experience and thoughts on having children with Syngap, their therapies, their experience with NDIS, and so much more. They are closely connected to individuals and families all over the globe who have the same symptoms their girls have. They have set up fundraising ef...

The NACRE team is uber busy as we get ready for our Private Practice Virtual Conference happening on October 25, 2019. Save the date! The topic I’m going to talk about today relates to the conference - how, when, where, and why you shift from being a clinician to more of a business owner. From clinician to team-facing, releasing most of your clinical work, and committing more time to develop...

TeleHealth is giving customers and providers the opportunity to fly way beyond geographical areas. Karen Finnin Director of Online Physio, Physiotherapist, speaker, author, mentor and a commentator on the telehealth space joins us today to share her expertise on TeleHealth. She has been part of the TeleHealth space for years and has been one of the first health professionals who delved into it. Ka...

As we have been running different kinds of events such as webinars, physical conferences, and private practice virtual conferences, we are increasingly asked on how we make it look easy and enjoyable to run such events. We have been getting so much more systemised and strategic about the way we run events. In this episode, I’ll be walking you through the steps we take to be able to build an...

Starting a business takes a lot of planning, business learning and leadership skills to be able to thrive and survive. Lize Roos, Occupational Therapist and Director of Building Blocks Therapy, tells us the story of how her private practice started and what she has done to grow her business and lead her current team of 19 people. Starting her practice from her humble home, she has since moved to a...

We are very excited to announce that we are going to be having our 3rd virtual conference on Friday 25th of October 2019. This will be a pretty fun and action-packed conference that will help you do business easier and a little more fun.  Believe it or not, most of the questions I get asked on business meetings, calls, webinars, coaching, and other conversations I’ve had are about team,...

Changes are inevitable both in life and business but most of the time it can lead to positive results for you, your business, your team and, most especially, your patients. Madhavi Nawana Parker, Managing Director of Positive Minds Australia, shares with us her experience in changing her business thinking and making a transition from traditional one-to-one therapy to one-to-many therapy. We all kn...

Finding balance in life amidst stressful and hectic days at home and work is just one of the major problems people encounter today. So, how do you manage your energy through it all? Shane and Angelina Saunders are about to blow your mind in this episode as we talk about their expertise in helping professionals cultivate their energy to increase productivity in the workplace and raise their bottom...

Today, we turn the tables as Letitia and Emma interview me, Cathy Love, on this very, very special 100th episode of the Private Practice Made Perfect podcast.  In this laid back episode, you’ll get to know more about me; my love for renewal, books, travel, and having a business; my best learnings from years and years of experience both in my personal and professional life. For those who...