Episode #286

20/20 Money Episode #286 – Harnessing the power and momentum from optometry meetings with your operations manager: a conversation with Dr. Todd Cohan & Sadie Blair

April 29, 2024

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guests on today’s show are Dr. Todd Cohan and Sadie Blair. 

Todd & Sadie join me on the show today to talk about the successful dynamic that exists between both of them as owner and practice operations manager. Todd shares how impactful it’s been to have a great team member and integrator like Sadie in the practice and how that has allowed the practice to continue to grow. They share how they’ll both process all of the ideas, strategies, and concepts that they (and their team) will have learned at IDOC Connection and how they decide which ones they’ll implement and how they manage timelines. Sadie shares how she successfully transitioned from a larger corporate-structured practice into Todd’s smaller, private practice and how she earned the buy-in from the team that Todd already had in place. I enjoyed recording this conversation because it shows the different vantage points from owner and operations manager—and why open lines of communication on all fronts is so important for practice success. 

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And with that introduction, I hope you enjoy my conversation with 

Resources: 

20/20 Money Community Information 

All in by Mike Michalowicz 

6 Types of Working Genius 

IDOC Connection 

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