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How to Have Sustained Motivation<\/em><\/p>\n How engaged and driven are you in growing and improving your business?<\/p>\n How about your team?<\/p>\n Would you say Very Engaged, Not Engaged, or Actively Disengaged<\/strong>?<\/p>\n Each year, Gallup grades the engagement level of both employees and managers in the U.S.<\/p>\n Gallup defines employee engagement as the level of involvement and enthusiasm employees have toward their work and workplace.<\/p>\n In 2025, it was 31%.<\/p>\n Managers were also surveyed. They usually rate higher, but they also rated at 31% in 2024.<\/p>\n A team that is fully engaged is a team that wants to see patient successes. They also work hard to generate more patients through referral procedures and promotions. They stay inspired by the office’s purpose.<\/p>\n According to Gallup, comparing high-engagement vs. low-engagement teams, high-engagement teams had: [2]<\/p>\n lower absenteeism, fewer safety incidents, higher customer ratings<\/p>\n Gallup’s core findings were that the manager accounted for at least 70% of the variance in team engagement (Gallup, State of the American Manager, 2015, since reaffirmed [1]).<\/p>\n In most practices, the doctor is the manager. But in a busy, growing practice, it’s hard for a doctor also to be an effective manager, business owner, property manager, and everything else. That’s why we’ve always recommended bringing on or assigning a qualified person \u2014 often part-time \u2014 to take on the manager role.<\/p>\n It’s also why we offer the Goal Driven MBA course for practice managers. (More on that in future emails.)<\/p>\n Look at yourself and your team as athletes playing in a health care conference.<\/p>\n Are you winning?<\/p>\n That’s the question Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz asked when they studied elite athletes for their book The Power of Full Engagement<\/em>.<\/p>\n Their conclusion: performance depends on managing energy, not just time. Like athletes, people perform best by alternating focused effort with deliberate recovery.<\/p>\n Recovery time for your office could include:<\/p>\n These are not just meetings \u2013 there are review and revival sessions. They are huddles, chalk talks, and reviewing game films.<\/p>\n Why? Because you want to win.<\/p>\n The best teams do this.<\/p>\n You should too.<\/p>\n Stay Goal Driven,<\/p>\n Ed<\/p>\n References<\/p>\n How to Have Sustained Motivation How engaged and driven are you in growing and improving your business? How about your team? Would you say Very Engaged, Not Engaged, or Actively Disengaged? Employee Engagement Each year, Gallup grades the engagement level … Continue reading Employee Engagement<\/span><\/h4>\n
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