Effective Delegation: Making the Most of Your Office Manager with Valerie Manso

Many practices do not effectively employ an office manager and do not delegate to or emplower them well enough to fully lead within the practice. Valerie Manso shares key strategies for employing an effective office manager. Key Takeaways:A great office manager has have leadership and management skills and have the ability to make key decisions within the practice.The role of an office manager really should encompass - leading and managing - everything outside the four walls of the exam room.Control costs and expensesBuying rightInventorying wellManaging the day to day operationsHiring individuals and onboarding them wellMaking each team member feel valued and a part of the practiceThe best office manager is an extension of you, the owner, not someone to whom you give up control. If you cannot spend the time to hire a good office manager, outsource it. One they're hired, slow down patient care to onboard them EXACTLY how you want to them to be. Train them the way you want them to be trained and teach them to make decisions they way you would. What Valerie is reading:Terminal List by Jack CarrEmotional Intelligence 2.0 by Joseph GriffithNightwork by Nora Roberts