Team Development

Oct 22 2024

Pharmacy Profit Through Soft Skills

By Dr. Lisa Faast | October 22, 2024 | Team Development

Your pharmacy profit is directly related to your (the pharmacy owner’s) soft skills and your ability to cultivate soft skills in your team. What Are Soft Skills Soft skills—communication, empathy, and emotional intelligence—are often treated as the “nice to have” extras in business. But let me let you in on a little secret—they’re not extras […]

Oct 13 2024

75 Hard for Pharmacy Owners: A Path to Transform Your Pharmacy in 75 Days

By Dr. Lisa Faast | October 13, 2024 | Marketing, Non-PBM Revenue, Team Development

Join the 75 Hard for Pharmacy Owners program to transform yourself and your pharmacy in Q4. You might think the only way to make massive changes in your pharmacy is to complete massive projects and changes. However, as an independent pharmacy owner, I’ve found that it’s not the massive changes but the small, consistent actions […]

Sep 26 2024

Protect Your Corporate Veil: Essential Tips for Independent Pharmacy Owners

By Dr. Lisa Faast | September 26, 2024 | Team Development

There’s an often-overlooked but crucial aspect of running our businesses. It is protecting your corporate veil or corporate protection. This topic isn’t talked about enough in the pharmacy space, yet it’s essential for ensuring the long-term stability and security of our businesses. Now, let me preface this by saying I’m not a lawyer, but as […]

Aug 29 2024

Failure is the Best Teacher for Pharmacy Owners

By Dr. Lisa Faast | August 29, 2024 | Team Development

Failure will help make your pharmacy better and stronger; it’s time to embrace it. Want a highly successful pharmacy? Start by embracing failure. Running a pharmacy isn’t all smooth sailing, but here’s a hard truth: failure is your best teacher. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned as a pharmacy owner is that embracing failure […]

Jul 30 2024

Empowering Your Independent Pharmacy Employees

By Dr. Lisa Faast | July 30, 2024 | Team Development

My goal at DiversifyRx is to make owning a pharmacy fun and profitable again. Empowering your independent pharmacy employees is a great way to reduce your burden and have happy employees. Running an independent pharmacy is both rewarding and challenging. We face constant pressure to deliver exceptional patient care while managing a myriad of operational […]

Jul 15 2024

Mentorship in Independent Pharmacy

By Dr. Lisa Faast | July 15, 2024 | Team Development

Mentorship in independent pharmacy is important for owners and those coming up behind us. As independent pharmacy owners, we often find ourselves juggling numerous roles and responsibilities. One crucial role that is often overlooked is mentorship in independent pharmacies. I am excited to share insights on how mentorship can transform your pharmacy practice, why it’s […]

Jul 6 2024

The Power of Preparation for Pharmacy Owners

By Dr. Lisa Faast | July 6, 2024 | Team Development

Elevate Your Pharmacy: The Power of Preparation Preparation is the only way to make your pharmacy a success. The only way to be certain of the future is to create it. As independent pharmacy owners, we know how crucial it is to stay ahead of the game. The independent pharmacy landscape is always evolving, and […]

May 22 2024

5 Daily Habits To Improve Your Pharmacy

By Dr. Lisa Faast | May 22, 2024 | Team Development

5 Daily Habits to Improve Your Pharmacy: A Recipe for Success You don’t have to have hours of free time every day to improve your pharmacy; you can adopt these simple five daily habits and get started today. Running an independent pharmacy can sometimes feel like juggling while riding a unicycle on a tightrope. It’s […]

Jan 18 2024

Best of 2023: Pharmacy Team Development

By Dr. Lisa Faast | January 18, 2024 | Team Development

Get ready to explore the top Pharmacy Team Development articles of 2023 tailored for Independent Pharmacies. Your pharmacy team can be your greatest strength or your worst weakness. Independent pharmacy owners have experienced many of the same trials and tribulations that other business owners have when it comes to hiring, firing, and retaining employees. While […]

Oct 27 2023

Hazardous Drug Compliance

By Dr. Lisa Faast | October 27, 2023 | Team Development

Not all medications are created equal. Are you handling your hazardous drug properly? Hazardous drugs constitute a distinct category of pharmaceuticals that demand special attention from all types of pharmacies, not just compounding. Adhering to regulations related to hazardous drugs in pharmacies is of vital importance. Compliance for hazardous drugs will look wildly different based […]