Articles by Tammara Plankers

Tammara Plankers, Assistant Vice President, Client Practice Services for Wells Fargo Practice Finance, helps doctors establish and grow their new practices. A Certified Executive Coach and practice consultant for over 15 years, Ms. Plankers assists practitioners in successfully transitioning to practice ownership through the use of proper due diligence, and guides them in developing the management and leadership skills necessary to successfully operate a practice. She can be reached at 888-499-8871 or tammara.plankers@wellsfargo.com.

1. Leadership: Key to a Successful Transition

   by Tammara Plankers | Published 06/06/2008 | Practice Acquisition & Start-Up : Dental

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   Learn from peer experience how leadership can overcome potential challenges. Most dental practices ultimately succeed – but inevitably, some new practice owners run into transition difficulties that require vision and assertiveness to overcome.

2. Milestones: Your Key to Improving Practice Performance

   by Tammara Plankers | Published 11/10/2008 | Practice Management & Marketing : Dental

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   Understanding the ‘numbers’ of your dental practice is the key to becoming a better business manager.

3. Five Characteristics of Successful Sellers and Buyers

   by Tammara Plankers | Published 07/02/2009 | Practice Acquisition & Start-Up : Dental

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   To successfully purchase or sell a dental practice requires a certain amount of know-how. Most of all, successful buyers and sellers possess keen planning and organizational skills that ensure they are on the right path and asking the right questions. Do you possess the five key characteristics for successfully completing a dental practice sale or purchase?

4. Five Characteristics of Successful Buyers and Sellers

   by Tammara Plankers | Published 07/02/2009 | Practice Acquisition & Start-up : Vet

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   To successfully purchase or sell a veterinary practice requires a certain amount of know-how. Most of all, successful buyers and sellers possess keen planning and organizational skills that ensure they are on the right path and asking the right questions. Do you possess the five key characteristics for successfully completing a veterinary practice sale or purchase?

5. Five Characteristics of Successful Buyers and Sellers

   by Tammara Plankers | Published 07/02/2009 | Practice Acquisition & Start-Up : Eye Care

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   To successfully purchase or sell an optometric practice requires a certain amount of know-how. Most of all, successful buyers and sellers possess keen planning and organizational skills that ensure they are on the right path and asking the right questions. Do you possess the five key characteristics for successfully completing a vision care practice sale or purchase?

6. Five Characteristics of Successful Buyers and Sellers

   by Tammara Plankers | Published 07/02/2009 | Practice Acquisition & Start-Up : Physicians

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   To successfully purchase or sell a medical practice requires a certain amount of know-how. Most of all, successful buyers and sellers possess keen planning and organizational skills that ensure they are on the right path and asking the right questions. Do you possess the five key characteristics for successfully completing a medical practice sale or purchase?

7. Leadership: Key to a Successful Transition

   by Tammara Plankers | Published 06/06/2008 | Practice Acquisition & Start-up : Vet

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   Most veterinary hospitals ultimately succeed – but inevitably, some new practice owners run into transition difficulties that require considerable assertiveness to overcome. Whatever challenges you may face when transitioning to ownership, your practice can survive and thrive when you apply the lessons of leadership. Take a look at how two new practice owners used their leadership skills to overcome a difficult situation.

8. Using Leadership to Overcome Transition Challenges

   by Tammara Plankers | Published 02/07/2013 | Practice Acquisition & Start-Up : Physicians

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9. Leadership: Key to a Successful Transition

   by Tammara Plankers | Published 06/06/2008 | Practice Acquisition & Start-Up : Eye Care

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   Most vision care practices ultimately succeed – but inevitably, some new practice owners run into transition difficulties that require assertiveness to overcome. Whatever challenges you may face when transitioning to ownership, your practice can survive and thrive when you apply the lessons of leadership. Take a look at how other practice owners have used their leadership skills to overcome a difficult situation.