Fork in the River: Leadership, Loneliness, and What Healthcare Can Learn from the Rise and Fall of Company Towns Featuring Lisa Prior, EP 248

What if your practice is one of the last true neighborhoods your patients have access to? In this episode, Tracy Cherpeski sits down with Lisa Prior — leadership and change consultant and author of the forthcoming Rubber Avenue: When Work Was the First Neighborhood — for a conversation that reframes where practitioner burnout really comes from.  See Where Your Practice Stands: Take our Practice Growth Readiness Assessment  Read the full show notes, memorable quotes, and key takeaways.  Lisa grew up in Naugatuck, Connecticut, the world's first rubber town, and has spent years researching how the collapse of company towns and community institutions has quietly shifted an enormous emotional burden onto frontline healthcare providers. She shares her father-in-law's remarkable story of standing up for 750 retirees' medical benefits, why she believes we're at 'a fork in the river,' and what a new social contract between work and community could look like.  This one went places we didn't fully expect — and it's exactly the kind of conversation that helps practice owners understand why this work matters so much, and how to sustain it.  See Where Your Practice Stands: Take our Practice Growth Readiness Assessment  Read the full show notes, memorable quotes, and key takeaways.  Connect With Us:  Be a Guest on the Show  Thriving Practice Community  Schedule Strategy Session with Tracy  Tracy’s LinkedIn  Business LinkedIn Page