Yesterday I mentored a successful Certified Legal Nurse Consultant, Gloria, who is gearing up to retire. She doesn’t want to discontinue her business, she just wants her CLNC® subcontractors to do all the work.
Great idea but there’s just one simple problem: Businesses, at least successful ones, don’t manage themselves. I’ve owned my legal nurse consulting business for 33 years and I’m still a working CEO.
So how can Gloria get what she wants? I advised her to hire a strong CLNC manager who will supervise her CLNC subcontractors. I also advised that she’s probably not going to be able to sit back and relax quite yet. She still needs to put some skin into the legal nurse consulting game. She’ll have to invest time training the new manager on how to work with the CLNC subcontractors, how to communicate with the attorney-clients and how to be accountable to her as the owner. Rare is the person who can walk into your CLNC business and be immediately effective, much less make an immediate difference. In fact, when you find that person let me know so that I can hire her away from you. LOL!
Whether you’re just starting your legal nurse consulting business, or staging for retirement, Joe Girard was right. The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs one step at a time. That’s what every successful business owner knows for sure.
Success Is Yours!
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