The S5 Method
The S5 Method
A Podiatrist's Operating System for a More Profitable, Less Exhausting Practice.
You probably don't need to work harder.
You need to know which switch to flip next.
Growth gets sold as doing more.
- Morepatients.
- Morehours.
- Moremarketing.
- Moreprocedures.
- Morestaff.
But adding more to the wrong part of the practice often creates complexity instead of capacity.
The problem may not be effort. It may be knowing where to focus it.
The S5 Method
Five Switches. One Practice.
The S5 Method gives podiatrists a practical way to examine five interconnected areas of practice performance.
- 1
Coding
Capture the value of the care already being delivered.
- 2
Vitals
Know the numbers that tell you what is actually happening.
- 3
Voice
Strengthen how the practice communicates, earns trust, and creates demand.
- 4
Ancillaries
Build appropriate services around more complete patient care.
- 5
Leverage
Build people and systems so the doctor does not have to carry everything.
Each Switch influences the others. The S5 Method reads them together, as one system.
Not every switch needs to be ON.
The goal is not perfection across all five Switches. The goal is recognizing what is limiting the practice now and identifying the next Switch that deserves attention.
- Find the constraint.
- Flip the next switch.
- Measure what changes.
Built in practice. Refined through coaching.
The S5 Method grew from real experience building, operating, and coaching podiatry practices. It's one of the primary frameworks used by geniusDPM.
Which Switch Should You Flip Next?
The S5 Method Scorecard examines the five Switches and helps identify where your attention belongs next.
The Book
The S5 Method
An introduction to the 5 Switches of Intentional Practice.
Explore a different way to think about building a more profitable, less exhausting podiatry practice.
Three ways into the S5 Method.
- 01
Learn It
Meet the 5 Switches of Intentional Practice.
- 02
Diagnose It
Discover where your attention belongs next.
- 03
Implement It
Put the S5 Method to work in your practice.
You don't need to fix everything.
You need to know what deserves your attention next.