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  • How often should pharmacy leaders set aside time for new ideas?

    A couple blogs ago we looked at the concept of options and how leaders look for options to navigate through various challenges. Today, we are going to consider the value of an idea. We all have ideas. Some are good. Some are not. But consider the value of a good idea. Ideas can literally be worth millions of dollars. Good ideas can change the world.
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  • How can you stamp out violence in your pharmacy?

    Pharmacies have increasingly become the target of potential violence over the past few decades. The presence of drugs has always put them at risk of robbery, but early and late hours have made them more vulnerable to holdups.
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  • Apply black belt basics and systems mastery to your pharmacy

    As a young Sempei, or brown belt karate student, I went through the frustrating stage every brown belt goes through. At the two-year mark, I wanted to know when I would be nominated for black belt testing.
    Jason Chenard

  • 7 key questions to ask yourself before making a big change

    Resisting temptation to grow and being sensitive to the concept of taking on too much or taking on tasks that are less like the ones we already have in play bring opportunity and risk. The right growth sets up future success. The wrong growth stretches our elastic too thin.
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  • Pharmacists, are we prepared for uncertainty?

    The harsh reality is that our modern world is not robust enough to survive instability. Our modern comforts and lifestyles have made it such that we are reliant on those comforts for our very survival.
    Female community pharmacist Kimberley Kallio

  • Target marketing and your pharmacy, Part 1

    Most of us manage our lives by setting goals, sometimes on a long-term basis, other times on a short-term basis. Often people define these targets by simply making mental notes; others use written or journalized reminders. Managing a business is very similar.
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  • Pharmacists, place your bets!

    Let me ask you a more focused question: where does leadership fit in to what you are betting on? Is it first? Last? Somewhere in between? Is it even on your list?
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  • Pharmacists – Expand your options

    How often do we find ourselves in situations where we feel like we have very little choice? This is the only thing we can do. Occasionally, we may look at the opposite position and then make a choice. Often, we may defend the decision as being the lesser of two evils.
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