Allied health providers: is your employee development program muddle-headed?
The big picture: Quality allied health care providers invest in employee development for lots of reasons, including to execute their business strategy, strengthen culture, help employees grow, meet compliance obligations,…
No: your SLP private practice improvement project isn’t unique
The big picture: In these uncertain times, speech pathology managers are under pressure to innovate. Most of us are doing our best to launch and deliver new projects under lots…
Australian private practice owners must keep lifting our standards to better support early career speech pathologists
The big picture: Even in these challenging times, private practice owners can do more to support early career speech pathologists. We should share and normalise good practices so that early…
SLP practice owners: now the election’s over, it’s time to rethink your business
The big picture: In Australia, speech pathology private practice is changing before our eyes due to NDIS reforms, proposed Foundational Supports, primary health care changes, AI and other innovations, ongoing…
SLP supervisors & managers: what to say and do when you feel out of your depth
The big picture: Many speech-language pathology (SLP) managers think that it’s their job to have all the answers. But that’s not what leadership is about. Hard work: Managing SLPs in…
SLP Managers: Don’t play favourites!
The big picture: Most managers try to respect and pay attention to all team members. But evidence suggests that many bosses have (or are seen to have) “in-groups” and “out-groups”. …
“Nobody gets hurt.” SLP safety investments can improve your workplace and business
The big picture: Safety at work is essential. But, too often, it’s looked at as a compliance issue, a constraint, or a cost. Not just compliance: Too often, managers talk…
SLPs: How should you name your new private practice?
The big picture: When launching (or relaunching) a private practice, one of the trickiest decisions is what to call it. Coming up with a good name is harder than it…
Speech pathologists: Do you talk all day, but still feel lonely at work?
The big picture: Loneliness at work is still far too common in our profession; and the evidence suggests it’s not because of remote work arrangements, a lack of teamwork, personal…