40 years and Counting - Building Business Success in Therapy Practices- What Matters Most

On this podcast, I have the great pleasure of talking  with  OT Barbara Heilman and her daughter Becca Davison, the creators of UnbuckleMe,  a patented, award-winning tool that makes it more than 50% easier to unbuckle a child’s car seat. This podcast will take you on their journey which includes a feature on ABC's Shark Tank this past May that resulted in a deal with not one, but two, sharks!
 
I love the story of Barb and Becca for so many reasons.  They prove the point that identifying a need is a great foundation upon which to build a successful entity, and they show a positive mother /daughter  multi-generational collaboration, something near and dear to my heart. Barbara has been an OT with a specialty in hands for over 40 years.  She gives all therapists  over the age of 55 enormous pride and validation  that as we  get older, we can transition literally from hands on to hands off,  still make meaningful contributions, and be successful. And of course, as Mark Cuban said, this "American Dream Team" can certainly inspire a whole new generation of OTs. Tune in, and check out their great product.

On this podcast, I share some thoughts on the first question most therapists have asked me in the last 90 days since COVID 19 entered our vocabularies and soon after, our day to day lives.   What do I think will happen to private practices??  While no one really knows what is going to happen, there are ways we can move forward from where we are.  I hope to impart useful and practical information, demonstrate that there is some aspect of "pandemic positivity" and  point to reminders of one important concept: The post COVID future does not exist yet and will only exist after we create it. 

On this first  podcast, I give some perspective on why I decided ( albeit late in the game) to throw my hat into the podcasting ring. As a  long time private practice consultant and a physical and occupational therapist, I have amassed 40 years of experience in the industry, both as a practice owner, and for the last 20 years, as a consultant to practices around the country.   Given that I am committed to sharing information on developing business acumen,to the current and next generation of therapists, I realized that hosting a podcast could be an effective way to do that. Additionally, it was a good platform to ensure that the 76 Taking Care of Business columns I wrote for the OT Advance for 10 years starting in 2004, get updated and put to good use!
Thanks in advance for listening, for your patience as I learn how to use this new tool, and most of all, for your trust in the knowledge, perspectives and stories i truly enjoy sharing.