Profiles In Leadership

Salisa climbed the ladder from bank teller to bank executive through hard work and going big! She also has found a way to merge her love for Yoga into her success as a bank executive.

Connie Hauser is a pioneer in starting a private practice as a woman in physical therapy in rural Kentucky. Over 35 years with many ups and downs, PT Pros is a model company that believes in a focus on customer service and treating employees like family. This interview was done at a leadership retreat for PT Pros.

Jessica McKinney is a physical therapist who has owned her own practice, helped many with frequent trips to Africa to help women with pelvic pain issues and is now a healthcare executive in a growing company.

Mike Conners is a physical therapist from Texas who is President of the Texas Chapter of APTA and has served many roles in PPS and APTA.

Terry Brown past President of the Private Practice Section of the American Physical Therapy Association and small business owner of physical therapy practices in Kentucky.

An athlete, attorney, Judge, CEO and present family man uses all this experience to run a successful company with happy and engaged employees. When you care about people and they know it, amazing things can happen.

David Qualls was born to serve. Hear how he found his calling and a way to serve people through physical therapy. He also talks about what he learned when his business failed.

Interview with the President and GM of the Seattle Storm, Alisha Valavanis. Her insights for teamwork are right on for both business and sport.

Dan Rootenberg, PT, DPT, CSCS, CEO of SPEAR Physical Therapy in New York City. He is the 2016 winner of the Jane L Snider Practice of the Year award and works with Major League Baseball as a physical therapist and conditioning coach for the World Baseball Classics. He has played pro baseball on three continents and is passionate about developing the next generation of leaders in the PT profession. Today’s discussion includes: His journey to becoming a professional baseball player. His decision to start his own PT business a couple years out of college. The relationship between transparency and success. The balance between profits and people. Competing in a region that’s crowded. Are executive coaches worth it? The experience of launching a podcast. Best approaches to growing pains. Thank-you for tuning into this segment of Profiles in Leadership! Look for the next interview Steve Anderson conducts with industry leaders and what Pearls of Wisdom they have to offer from their years of experience. VGM Advantage

Michelle Collie is a private practice physical therapist who bought a clinic with 16 employees and has grown the practice to multiple sites and 160 employees. She is a great leader and empowers her staff to lead from all levels. She is a great model for a successful healthcare business.

Hear how Drew took risks and learned from failures and then founded a company that serves companies nationwide with ergonomic education which produced huge savings for the companies in workmen compensation expense.

Interview with Michael Brochu, CEO of multiple companies over his career where he took them from good to great!

An interview with Rex Chapman former NBA player. He discusses his struggles on and off the court with injuries, opioid addiction and how serious the situation is with drug overdoses and addiction across our nation.

In today’s Profiles in Leadership podcast, Steve Anderson, PT, DPT, chats with Jim Glinn, PT, DPT, OCS. He is the founder of the Movement for Life clinics, and contributes to the operation of the largest employee-owned fitness, wellness and outpatient rehabilitation team in the United States. He serves on the APTA advisory board on reimbursement and is the liaison to the payment policy committee of PPS. Jim was a founding member and current vice-chair of the Physical Therapy Business Alliance. In today’s show, Jim and Steve talk about: How Jim’s childhood set him up to become an entrepreneur. Jim’s journey from buying a small clinic to setting up a large ESOP. How Jim incentivizes his employees to work hard. Collaboration and cooperation among PTs is key to the future. The importance of Ability, Access and Atmosphere. What Jim does to find and nurture future leaders. The difference it makes to think about your co-workers like you...

Wendy Sue Swanson, MD is a healthcare blogger @Seattlemamadoc, a Pediatrician, an executive in digital health, keynote speaker, TED Talk speaker, and advocate for using technology with patient care to reduce costs and increase intimacy with the provider/patient relationship.

APTA president Sharon Dunn, PhD, PT, OCS. Sharon is an associate professor at Louisiana State University Shreveport’s School of Allied Health Professions, where she specializes in teaching Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and Biomechanics. Sharon earned her BS in Physical Therapy, Master’s in Health Sciences and PhD in the department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, all from the Louisiana State University Shreveport’s School of Allied Health Professions. In today’s video, Steve and Sharon discuss: When you serve and serve well, you’ll be invited to serve more in a leadership capacity. You don’t lead by position or power, you lead by putting people in their sweet spot for them to excel. Listening is an underappreciated leadership skill. Attend to the highest priority, not the hottest fire. Hone your leadership skills by failing. Tend to the “garden” every day instead of letting the weeds take root.

Interview with Wendy Sue Swanson, MD, amazing leader in healthcare and blogger @Seattlemamadoc

Patrick Graham discusses his career as a Physical Therapist and how his business has had its ups and downs over the years. He also shares his journey as an organ recipient and his ordeal of almost dying before he could receive such a gift of life!

Stacy is a private practice Physical Therapist who specializes in pediatrics. She has clinics in San Francisco and is also the editor of Impact Magazine of the Private Practice Section of APTA.

In Part 2 of this inspiring interview, Efosa and I are joined by Josh D'Angelo, who helped Efosa in starting their company , Move Together and founding and growing the inter-nationally successful PT Day of Service.