How private physiotherapists can build confidence, boundaries and better conversations as they move from treating patients to leading people, teams and themselves.
You trained to be a physiotherapist. Nobody necessarily trained you to lead a team, manage difficult conversations, hold boundaries or carry the responsibility of running a practice.
As a private practice grows, your role changes. You are still a clinician, but you also become a leader, decision-maker, employer and the person others look to for clarity.
That transition can be exciting, but it can also feel uncomfortable, isolating and surprisingly demanding.
In this one-hour webinar, Andy Hosgood will explore the often-overlooked human transition from clinician to leader.
Rather than focusing on marketing, pricing, profitability or clinic systems, the session will look at the personal and leadership challenges that come with private practice ownership, including confidence, boundaries, people-pleasing, difficult conversations, emotional intelligence and psychological safety.
The session is practical and reflective, helping you recognise where you may still be operating primarily as the clinician and where you may now need to step more consciously into leadership.
Who is this session for?
This session will be particularly useful if you are running your own private practice or clinic, managing associates or employees, moving into a leadership role or simply finding that more and more of the responsibility for people and decisions is sitting with you.
What will you take away?
By the end of the session, you'll have a better understanding of the shift from clinician to leader and why it can feel difficult; common pressure points including confidence, boundaries, isolation and responsibility; ways to approach better conversations with staff and colleagues; the importance of psychological safety within small teams; and practical questions and tools to help you lead with greater clarity and confidence.
There will also be time for member questions and discussion with Andy.
Presenters
Celia Champion
