SLP Three-Piece Thursday 4: on becoming the boss, leadership and meetings
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SLP Three-Piece Thursday 4: on becoming the boss, leadership and meetings

On becoming the boss: To avoid burn-out, prioritise things that matter to your business vision. Leaders need to lead themselves first, so get organised – at work and at home. Being a great SLP is not the same as being a great boss. Good bosses have empathy, and a basic knowledge of the systems used…

SLP Three-Piece Thursday 3: on being different to everyone else, using social media properly, and choosing the right suppliers without going nuts!
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SLP Three-Piece Thursday 3: on being different to everyone else, using social media properly, and choosing the right suppliers without going nuts!

On standing out from the SLP crowd. You won’t last long if you market yourself like every other SLP. People are busy and distracted. They want someone who stands out – who is remarkable, and offers what they want. Take some risks with your marketing, but stay ethical. Being different will mean some people won’t…

SLP Three-Piece Thursday 2: on founding and starting up a great private practice, and connecting with clients
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SLP Three-Piece Thursday 2: on founding and starting up a great private practice, and connecting with clients

On founding a great practice. Design your private practice to increase your freedom and autonomy. Hire talented staff to shore up your weak spots, especially good all-rounders. Before you launch, build you ‘social capital’: your social and professional network. Back yourself, but if you lack confidence to launch solo look for a co-founder. Be stingy…

SLP Three-piece Thursday: 3 free, quick business tips for speech pathologists in private practice. Delivered weekly
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SLP Three-piece Thursday: 3 free, quick business tips for speech pathologists in private practice. Delivered weekly

Thursday afternoons are a drag. Spark them up with our “SLP Three-piece Thursdays”. Three business tips a week from leading thinkers, distilled and tailored by us for other speech pathologists in private practice. Subscribe here to get Three-piece Thursdays sent straight to your inbox: Alternatively, follow us on Facebook or Twitter. SLP Three-piece Thursday 1. On…

Australian speech pathologists: your client is receiving an unsafe treatment from an unregistered health practitioner. What should you do?
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Australian speech pathologists: your client is receiving an unsafe treatment from an unregistered health practitioner. What should you do?

Here’s the scenario: you find out a client is receiving an unconventional and risky treatment from an unregistered health practitioner and you’re worried that the treatment is harming your client. What should you do? 1. First some background (a) In Australia, speech pathologists are not  “registered health practitioners”  Speech pathologists are unregistered health practitioners. This…

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