Functional Medicine Practitioners: How to Run a Medical Office, with Tonya Sowles

<p><strong>How to run a medical office</strong> is just one topic that special guest Tonya Sowles covers when talking about how functional medicine practitioners can create a thriving practice with the right employees and an environment patients love to frequent. She teaches us:</p> <ul> <li><strong>How to run a medical office</strong>–from creating a company culture to hiring the right people</li> <li>What company culture is</li> <li>How your treatment of employee impacts your patients</li> <li>Why employee benefits are changing</li> <li>How to communicate with your employees</li> </ul> <h2>Not Your Cookie-Cutter HR</h2> <p>Tonya Sowles is an HR expert and business coach who loves helping entrepreneurs create thriving work environments. She uses her many years of experience as an HR expert to customize business strategies for companies just beginning and looking to modernize. Regardless of what company Tonya is working with, she is adamant about listening to her clients and making sure they have a business plan that will work for them.</p> <p>Today, on The FM Shift, Tonya talks about how company culture and communication skills can make or break an FM practice. She teaches us how to find the right employees from the job posting through the interview process, and she guides us to discover how our company culture is dictating more than when people get their coffee breaks.</p> <p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-1450 size-full" src= "https://thefmshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/How-to-Run-a-Medical-Office.png" sizes= "(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw" srcset= "/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/How-to-Run-a-Medical-Office.png 640w, /wp-content/uploads/2021/07/How-to-Run-a-Medical-Office-480x360.png 480w" alt="How to Run a Medical Office" width="640" height="480" /></p> <h3>How to Run a Medical Office – The Hiring Process</h3> <p>As functional medicine providers, we are always busy. So we often find ourselves reluctant to end working relationships that aren’t a good fit. U