This summer, I sat down with four group practice owners across the country on the Empowered to Lead podcast and asked each of them the same question: how did you decide whether to grow or stay where you are. Not one of them answered with a number. Not one said "once your team’s caseload hits this," or "once you can afford that." What they gave me instead was harder to put in a framework, and more useful because of it.

Servant leadership is one of the most powerful frameworks available to you as a group practice owner. But it is frequently conflated with people pleasing, and that confusion is costing leaders their clarity, their authority, and eventually their practices. This post is about untangling the two

Your group practice goes through seasons — and leadership needs to shift with those seasons. In this post, we’ll explore the four seasons of a group practice (planting, growing, tending, harvesting) and how to lead with clarity and confidence in the season you’re actually in.

If you’re an accidental group practice owner, it’s okay—you started from a place of care and connection.

But your next chapter requires intention, leadership, and structure.