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Maximizing Employees

Posted by Benjamin Coakley on Wed, Apr 18, 2018 @ 12:00 AM

Over the years of working with pharmacy owners across the country, we have found that, for the most part, pharmacy employees are the most underutilized asset available. This isn't because they aren't knowledgeable or good at their jobs, but because they aren't always working to their full potential.

While part of that may be due to the individual employee's work ethic, we have found that there are a few things that owners and managers can do, to help boost the performance and productivity of their team. 

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Topics: community pharmacy employees, key pharmacy employees, Video, Blog

Three Questions Community Pharmacy Owners Must Ask

Posted by Benjamin Coakley on Wed, May 28, 2014 @ 05:08 PM

Maintaining a hectic pace and managing to succeed in the face of constantly changing and increasingly challenging circumstances is “situation normal” for practically every independent pharmacy owner we work with.

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Topics: community pharmacy owners, succession development, creative thinking, community pharmacist independence, community pharmacy employees, pharmacy key employee evaluator, community pharmacy exit strategies, family business

Oh, the weather outside is frightful (even in South Carolina)

Posted by Benjamin Coakley on Fri, Feb 28, 2014 @ 10:11 AM

The past three weeks have been a wild ride for the weather here in South Carolina. We have been in a pattern of really cold temperatures with moisture constantly moving in from the south which creates huge winter storms (we acknowledge this is relative because huge for us is flurries for some). In the south, this makes for an entertaining, and sometimes scary, scenario of people on the roads and in the grocery stores that are not used to this weather.

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Topics: community pharmacy owner, community pharmacist, community pharmacy employees

Happy Thanksgiving to Community Pharmacists and Pharmacy Employees

Posted by Rick Coakley on Mon, Nov 25, 2013 @ 12:43 PM

We love the holidays at Waypoint because it gives us a chance to reflect on all the great things that happen to us and all the ways we are blessed.  We are truly thankful for many things.  That is why we particularly love Thanksgiving.

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Topics: community pharmacy owner, community pharmacist, community pharmacy employees