Anne Gray is a business consultant, MBA graduate of GIBS, and co-founder of Grow Your Healthcare Practice — a business education and coaching platform built specifically for healthcare professionals running private practices in South Africa. I have been inside enough messy boardrooms to know the real problem is almost never the obvious one. The same is true in healthcare practices, in start-ups, and in businesses that have outgrown the version of their founder that built them. I work with founders who are excellent at their work, and find that building the business around it turns out to be a different skill set entirely. If you're a healthcare practice owner: the podcast, the free community, and the mastermind are for you. If you're a small business owner who's hit a ceiling: you're in the right place too. Writing about business, leadership, and the work behind the work.
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Why "I just want to help people" is costing you money
Published 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader A practitioner we work with had been seeing patients for years. She was good at her job. Her patients loved her. Her diary was filling up. So when we asked her what her business was actually working towards, the question caught her off guard. “I just want to help people,” she said. Then, after a pause: “And maybe… not feel so stressed about money.” That’s not a mission. That’s a wish. This is what we call The Busy But Blurry Problem, and it shows up in healthcare practices more...
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