Structural Reconstructions
The digitalization of the healthcare system has gained rapid momentum in recent years, and patients increasingly expect doctors in private practice to offer professional digital solutions for their diagnostic and therapeutic options as well as service offerings. This expectation is not just a result of technological advances, but is deeply rooted in human psychology, a fact that the digital dissenters among practice owners do not take into account.
Business coaching has established itself as an important tool for supporting managers. Nevertheless, there are many managers who are sceptical about this approach or even vehemently reject it. This article looks at the various reasons for this rejection.
GPs and specialists in Germany traditionally have a distanced or even hostile attitude towards business management methods and instruments. In this context, there is also talk of “metricnorance”, formed from the words “metric” and “ignorance”. The term refers to the ignorance or deliberate disregard of important metrics that provide insights into what is happening in practice. In doing so, they overlook the immense potential for analysis and organisation that they are foregoing and which could help them to drastically improve not only the quality of their patient care, but also their own working conditions. The following example describes what practice owners are foregoing with a metricnorance mindset.
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Self-management is an essential skill for managers. It is about organising yourself, setting and achieving personal and professional goals and managing stress and time efficiently. A central method of self-management is the personal SWOT analysis, a tool that helps to objectively assess one’s own situation and make strategic decisions. This analysis examines strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
Leaders are constantly faced with the challenge of transforming their teams and organisations to meet changing market demands, integrate technological innovations or increase efficiency and productivity. The central question is: is it better to achieve this transformation through a gradual, evolutionary method or through an abrupt, revolutionary change?
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Emotional marketing has become a central element in the communication of entrepreneurs on social media. Especially on platforms such as LinkedIn, which promote professional networks and business relationships, start-up founders try to show closeness and authenticity through personal self-presentations. But where is the line between authenticity and losing the aura of competence?
Managers face the daily challenge of giving their employees clear, precise, understandable and motivating instructions. This is not only crucial for the efficiency and productivity of the team, but also for the satisfaction and commitment of employees. In this article, we explain how managers can formulate effective instructions that achieve these goals.
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The concept of opportunity costs is often understood as a purely economic principle that forms the basis for economic decisions through calculations and comparisons. However, a deeper look shows that it is also a basic mental attitude that extends far beyond the field of business administration and is deeply embedded in the psychology of human decision-making behaviour.
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For decades, countless specialist books, seminars, workshops and coaching sessions have provided managers with the tools and assistance they need to lead their teams optimally, organise work structures and processes efficiently and manage their time and themselves better. Nevertheless, it is striking that the same mistakes occur again and again in management practice. Why is that? This discrepancy between theory and practice is a complex phenomenon that requires deeper insights into human behaviour, organisational structures and cultural dynamics. This article explores the main reasons for this recurring pattern.
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The efficiency of communication processes within a team of employees is a key factor in the success of an organisation. Managers play a crucial role in ensuring that communication not only takes place, but is also effective and efficient. But how can they check and organise this? This article highlights the relevant criteria for this.
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