Keys for Initiating Change KEY 1 – TAKE RESPONSIBILITY • There is no magic bullet. • Success does not come from external elements or other people, but from within you. • Start to educate yourself in areas where you lack proficiency. KEY 2 – FORMULATE A VISION AND A MISSION • Establish your direction. • Mission is why we exist. • Vision is what we want to be. KEY 3 – LEARN FROM THE EXPERTS • Look for mentors and established expert information in the profession. • Use a variety of resources as guidelines. • Make the information your own, to fit your practice vision. KEY 4 – CREATE ACTION STEPS • Collate what you learn and create a plan. • Include what you will do; how you will do it; when you will do it. • Establish a system for accountability to yourself or with a colleague. place I was able to do the things I needed to do to get me to my vision. KEY #3: LEARN FROM THE EXPERTS Once I heard from these amazing leaders in my profession, I began to see a pattern. Many of them delivered similar messages that rang true with me and I slowly began to realize that I don’t have to rein-vent the wheel. Many of these inspirational speakers I had contact with, or listened to (for example, Dr. James Carter, Bill Esteb and Dr. Tom Preston) have systems and procedures that have worked for many chiropractors. I decided to use these resources and, even-tually, made them my own over time. These resources were a guide for me to run my practice and turned out to be invaluable. KEY #4: CREATE ACTION STEPS Early on, I would go to seminars, keep the information I gathered in my binder for weeks and then, never actually look at it again! It is extremely important to take what you have learned and make some action steps. These steps should detail what you are going to do, how you are going to do it, and finally when you will do it. You need to set a timeline so you can keep yourself accountable or use a colleague and keep each other accountable. This is a sure-fire way of taking what you learned and putting it into practice! I welcome any comments or questions. You can contact me either by e-mail or you can call me directly. Remember – when it comes to your practice, work from the inside out. • news DR. DON NIXDORF JOINS EAB It is Canadian Chiropractor’s pleasure to announce that Dr. Don Nixdorf of Richmond, British Columbia, has joined our editorial advisory board (EAB). Dr. Nixdorf has been the executive director of the Brit-ish Columbia Chiropractic As-sociation (BCCA) since 1985, was BCCA and British Columbia College of Chiroprac-tors (BCCC) president from 1982-1985, governor and secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Chiropractic Associa-tion (CCA) from 1987-1989 and served as chair of the Commission on Chiropractic Education (Canada) from 1994-1999. From 1982-1991 he was staff chiropractor/ consultant to the Workers Compensation board of Brit-ish Columbia and has been a participant in National E-Claims Standards since 2001. He is a former committee member of the BC government Health Information Stan-dards Council. Dr. Nixdorf is also co-author of Squander-ing Billions:Health Care in Canada and, as well as running his own practice in Richmond, hosts The Dr. Don Show , a local radio broadcast that offers perspectives on health care, research and policy. We value the contributions of each member of our EAB and are very happy to have Dr. Don on board. We look forward to working with him in the months and years to come. Welcome Dr. Don! www.canadianchiropractor.ca 22 • CANADIAN CHIROPRACTOR | FEBRUARY 2012
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