{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"LeadOD | Dr. Benjamin Thayil","home_page_url":"https://leadod.com","description":"LeadOD | Dr. Benjamin Thayil","author":{"name":"LeadOD | Dr. Benjamin Thayil"},"items":[{"id":"the-hidden-barrier-to-success-your-team-is-killing-you","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/c82d43d0-aad4-41c5-ab0d-eedf49a09aef/blob-c757a3b.png\"/><p>If you're anything like me, I'm sure you like to people watch. I'm also sure that you would agree that one of the best places to people watch (with the exclusion of Walmart), is at the airport. </p>","url":"https://leadod.com/leadership-blog/f/the-hidden-barrier-to-success-your-team-is-killing-you","title":"The Hidden Barrier to Success: The Self Sabotaging Team","date_modified":"2024-10-15T20:48:35Z"},{"id":"how-to-find-good-staff","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/c82d43d0-aad4-41c5-ab0d-eedf49a09aef/Blog%20Thumbnails%20(1)-b7e8e7f.png\"/><p>I just want to start off by saying this.  I HATE BEING AN OPTOMETRIST!  Don't get me wrong, I think Optometry is an amazing career and an amazing industry.  </p>","url":"https://leadod.com/leadership-blog/f/how-to-find-good-staff","title":"How to Find Good Staff","date_modified":"2024-06-11T19:25:31Z"},{"id":"how-to-stop-hating-monday-mornings-optometry-and-anxiety","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/c82d43d0-aad4-41c5-ab0d-eedf49a09aef/Blog%20Thumbnails%20(1)-efe8f3d.png\"/><p>     Late one night In 2014, I found myself in my apartment hooked up to an EKG and surrounded by a bunch of paramedics asking me what drugs I did that night.  </p>","url":"https://leadod.com/leadership-blog/f/how-to-stop-hating-monday-mornings-optometry-and-anxiety","title":"How to Stop Hating Monday Mornings: Optometry and Anxiety","date_modified":"2024-03-20T23:02:44Z"},{"id":"ctrlaltdelete-reboot-your-way-to-success","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/c82d43d0-aad4-41c5-ab0d-eedf49a09aef/Blog%20Thumbnails%20(2).png\"/><p>     Several times a year, there seems to be moments where I feel like nothing is going my way.  I'm sure you've experienced these moments as well.  Moments where your employees seem to be calling out left and right.  Mo...</p>","url":"https://leadod.com/leadership-blog/f/ctrlaltdelete-reboot-your-way-to-success","title":"Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Reboot Your Way to Success","date_modified":"2024-03-13T14:32:45Z"},{"id":"leaders-trust-the-process","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/c82d43d0-aad4-41c5-ab0d-eedf49a09aef/Blog%20Thumbnails.jpg\"/><p>In my last post on CERTAINTY, I talked a little bit about how I bought a failing practice that was in existence for 24 years.  I sometimes refer to it as my 'cold-start established practice.'  In those early days where I...</p>","url":"https://leadod.com/leadership-blog/f/leaders-trust-the-process","title":"What Dentists Know That We Don't","date_modified":"2024-01-30T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"why-certainty-matters-in-leadership","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/c82d43d0-aad4-41c5-ab0d-eedf49a09aef/Blog%20Thumbnails-91d0472.png\"/><p>We all can agree that refraction is an art.  Each of us in our practices have found ways to streamline the process of determining a person's eye glass prescription regardless of the answers they give us. </p>","url":"https://leadod.com/leadership-blog/f/why-certainty-matters-in-leadership","title":"Why Certainty Matters in Leadership","date_modified":"2024-01-24T16:50:18Z"}]}