The Power Hour

During a staff training session you tell your optician, “When you sell AR lenses, say X.”
We’ve all tried training our staff this way, and whether “X” is effective or not, invariably we have trouble making it stick. Is the problem “X” or the way we’re training and teaching our staff?
Frank Pigneri, Sr. Manager of Customer Training and Development at Essilor is the guest on our show. He discusses some of the finer points of optical training, what should be included in a good training program, when to do it, how to make it stick as well as a host of other great topics related to staff education.

Direct download: 92717.mp3
Category:Optometry -- posted at: 1:12pm EDT

You practice in an area that is very conservative. Your long time trusted, well known receptionist who had brown hair yesterday, shows up with purple hair today. What should you do? What can you do?
Your optician shows up with a therapy dog. Your insurance biller is afraid of dogs. Now what?
Attorney Julia Goldman is the guest on the Power Hour.  

Direct download: 92017.mp3
Category:Optometry -- posted at: 4:11pm EDT

We have all watched kids scroll through life, with their rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span. Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston saw that with her own kids and learned that the average kid spends 6.5 hours a day looking at screens. She wondered about the impact of all this time and about the friction occurring in homes and schools around negotiating screen time—friction she knew all too well.

Direct download: 9617.mp3
Category:Optometry -- posted at: 9:28am EDT

Years of scientific research and intensive study of real-world applications have led to incredible breakthroughs in the way businesses large and small identify and hire top talent in their fields. Optimize Hire, a leading Internet-based pre-employment testing company focused on helping organizations hire better, joins Local Eye Site on this episode of the Power Hour to discuss this important topic.  

Direct download: 83017.mp3
Category:Optometry -- posted at: 10:51am EDT

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