In this blog, we’ll explore what leadership truly means, why you already are a leader, and how you can step confidently into this role while aligning with your values.

Discover why embracing your role as a leader is essential for your group practice’s success. Learn four key leadership principles every practice owner should know — and how coaching can help you lead with confidence, clarity, and authenticity.

Starting and growing a group practice is a bold move. It’s exciting, meaningful, and filled with possibility. But it can also feel incredibly isolating. You’ve got therapists relying on you, clients to serve, admin fires to put out, and a vision to chase—if you can even remember what that vision was in the first place.

That’s exactly why I started the Empowered to Lead podcast.

Leadership is required to be an effective group practice owner. And yet, so many therapists avoid the title of leader altogether. Some don’t identify with it, and others aren’t sure how to define who they are in that role—especially when they didn’t get into this field to “command” anyone.

Bringing on a Clinical Director is a big step, but it’s one that can create more stability, sustainability, and balance in your group practice. If you’re feeling overwhelmed and struggling to give your team the support they need while also keeping up with business demands, this might be your sign that it’s time to hire.