Aug 9, 2026 · 45 min · 12 segments
Your practitioners know what they should be doing - so why aren't they doing it? The answer usually starts long before they ever walk through your door. In this episode of the Grow Your Clinic…
Michael RizkGuestBen LynchHostWe had new grads coming out, trying to negotiate a hundred and ten thousand dollar salary as soon as they started.
... working with the clinic owners going, "What do I do?" Like, "I really need to fill this spot.
Am I just gonna have to pay them that?" And it just felt like they're on the back foot, but it's also classically the narrative that clinic owners are on the back foot.
Now's the time to hire." And one of the fundamental things that we change about the clinic operating model for clinics, we call it the CM way, is that you should always be recruiting.
That doesn't mean, as you said, you've always got a job available where they could start next week or in a couple of weeks, but that you're doing the activities to generate the awareness first that you even exist, 'cause there's so many clinics.
The interest and then perhaps even the consideration where they come in, they do some shadowing, or they put their hat, you know, in the ring and, and, and formally apply.
So I, I love that- ... change, like you said to Chris, now he's got this abundance, but also it took some time, right? You said over the last three years.
W- what were some of the other key things that he had done? You said working with the universities, getting in there, doing webinars.
Were there any other things that you picked up in Chris' journey? And big shout out to him for his success.
We had new grads coming out, trying to negotiate a hundred and ten thousand dollar salary as soon as they started.
... working with the clinic owners going, "What do I do?" Like, "I really need to fill this spot.
Am I just gonna have to pay them that?" And it just felt like they're on the back foot, but it's also classically the narrative that clinic owners are on the back foot.
Now's the time to hire." And one of the fundamental things that we change about the clinic operating model for clinics, we call it the CM way, is that you should always be recruiting.
That doesn't mean, as you said, you've always got a job available where they could start next week or in a couple of weeks, but that you're doing the activities to generate the awareness first that you even exist, 'cause there's so many clinics.
The interest and then perhaps even the consideration where they come in, they do some shadowing, or they put their hat, you know, in the ring and, and, and formally apply.
So I, I love that- ... change, like you said to Chris, now he's got this abundance, but also it took some time, right? You said over the last three years.
W- what were some of the other key things that he had done? You said working with the universities, getting in there, doing webinars.
Were there any other things that you picked up in Chris' journey? And big shout out to him for his success.
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