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Five tips to overcome “Gratitude Deficit Disorder”
In between the highs and lows, a little recognition can go a long way in keeping a team together when the going gets tough. It’s easy to take a colleague, a boss or an employee for granted and assume they know you “see” the quality of their work, their drive, their productivity, and their dedicati...
Top nine scariest things about running a business
It’s fun to consider the bucket list of intimidation that factor into running (and owning) a successful business. But it ultimately boils down to the intersection of time and money. Most of us have experienced life without either one – and then there are cycles when there’s time but no money, or m...
Your mission — should you choose to accept it
We work hard to nurture a staff that understands company culture and expectations, we are able to trust our employees to do the right thing. This behavior is peer-rewarded, leadership-recognized and privy to some pretty unique benefits. If (on the other hand) employees don’t live up to these expec...
Where’s your happy?
If you don’t like your work, the people you work with (or for) or (outside of that) your life or yourself in general, then your career suffers and you bring down the people around you. On the flip side, if you are content and currently bringing joy to your workplace, chances are you’ll lift the pe...
When passion drives profits
Profitability stems from service to our communities and employees. It’s a circle of life, and I appreciate those who are dedicated to making Colorado “business friendly.” As we look where to grow, there are actually states we have skipped because of their “unfriendly” business policies. The fact t...
The power of the Japanese handshake
If it comes to an exit – either a resignation or termination – taking the high road is always best. To accept the resignation of a valued employee is perhaps most difficult, especially if they found something “better.” As a family-owned business, it’s something we take personally. However, it’s ra...
What business can learn from Picasso
Since customers (patients) have a choice, we must conduct our care and our business better than anyone else in order to earn their trust and business. And to earn the business and “fill our seats,” we must market, advertise and relationship-build for a deep base of referrals. Change is uncomfortab...
Improving our nation’s health care system
The debate of whether health care should be a for-profit industry is layered with complex ethical questions – enough for many columns. If someone cannot afford the high cost of necessary-for-life treatment, do they deserve access to it anyway? Who should shoulder that expense – is that service rat...
When you’re married to work — literally
Business partners, married and parents – how do you do it? That question is asked of every spouse partner in business ownership. The logistics of keeping 50 employees straight, in addition to maintaining customer volumes, plus keeping an organized home life with children, caregivers, animals and...
What’s in a name?
We have carefully cultivated our brand and our company culture around the moniker RMVI. We even have an award called “The RMVI Way.” But considering our growth beyond the Rocky Mountains and the desire to expand services into arterial disease (vascular) in addition to venous disease (vein), the ne...
Growing pains: Transitions can be tough
Originally, it was all so organic and natural. But now we have policies and procedures, and we are buttoning up what we do and how we do it. Despite the productivity and general happiness of our staff, I hear rumblings that we are “becoming corporate.” At first my heart sank – I don’t want our cul...
All kinds of crazy
There is a moment in every career when you believe your boss is crazy. And in that moment, you might be right. In fact, there might be all kinds of crazy going on – and that’s why this person ended up as your boss. They can see things in a way that others cannot. More importantly, this person can...
