Culture Focused Practice
The Culture Focused Practice is where business and humanity collide. Hosted by Dr. Tara Vossenkemper (group practice owner and consultant), this podcast dives deep into how practice culture drives business success. Learn actionable strategies to shape a thriving team, implement and use the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), and tackle the tough leadership decisions that come with growing your group practice. Whether you’re scaling up or streamlining, this show offers real-world insights to help you build a people-powered practice that lasts. Join Tara for candid conversations, expert interviews, and no-fluff coaching that puts your culture first.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 58
- Years Active
- 2025
The Accountability Mirror: How Culture Falls Apart Without It
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, I dig into accountability - not the “feet to the fire” kind, but the real kind that acts like glue for your culture. Enter the accountability …
The Owner's Room: When You Realize Your Business Is Alive (and Not a Machine)
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper steps into the Owner’s Room — her unfiltered space for talking about the real, raw side of leadership. No polished playb…
The Living Practice Framework™ (How I Actually Lead a Group Practice)
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, we’re talking about why your group practice is not a machine (no matter how “well-oiled” you think it is) — it’s a living, breathing organism.
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[Encore!] Scripts for the Hard Stuff: What to Say When It's Awkward, Emotional, or Personal
In this encore episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper brings back one of her personal favorites: Scripts for the Hard Stuff. Originally part of a conflict miniseries, …
The Owner's Room: When You Realize You've Been Leading From Your Wounds
In this Owner’s Room episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper steps out of the strategy lane and into the real talk. No polished frameworks. No tidy how-tos. Just the ra…
The Habits You Didn't Choose: How Early Roles Shape Current Leadership
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper dives into the messy, revealing world of leadership origin stories. From the therapist default (hi, overexplaining and h…
The Owner's Room: When You're Resentful of the Role You Created for Yourself
In this Owner’s Room episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper gets personal, raw, and real about the emotional and operational weight of leadership. If you’ve ever looke…
Systems Fatigue: When EOS Stops Feeling Helpful (And What to Do About It)
Let’s talk about systems fatigue—because yes, even with something as powerful as EOS, there comes a point where it feels heavy, clunky, or downright annoying. In this episode, I dig into what causes …
The Owner's Room: When the Perfect Hire Looks Great on Paper (But Not in Practice)
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper gets real about the gut-wrenching moment when a hire you thought was perfect turns out to be a total mismatch. Through a…
Don't Lower the Bar: What to Do When Hiring Feels Impossible
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper breaks down what happens when hiring gets hard and you start questioning your standards. You know that moment — you're t…
The Owner's Room: When Your Team's Behavior Doesn't Match Your Values
In this Owner’s Room episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper gets into that maddening, murky territory where your team technically isn’t doing anything wrong… but somet…
Culture is a System, Not a Vibe
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper calls bullshit on the idea that culture is just a vibe. Sure, it feels like something when you walk into a room, but tha…
TOR: When You're Scared They'll Quit, So You Stay Silent [with Nicole Brewer]
In this Owner’s Room special of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper sits down with Nicole Brewer, founder of Rethink Therapy and Rethink Your Practice. This one’s a no-polish,…
The Scripts Aren't the Problem... But You Might Be
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, I’m coming in swinging at one of the most common traps leaders fall into: obsessing over scripts instead of showing up with actual presence.
I…
Avoidance ≠ Harmony: How Conflict-Avoidant Leadership Backfires
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, I’m coming in hot with one of the most damaging leadership myths out there: that avoiding conflict is the same as keeping the peace. Spoiler a…
The Owner's Room: When Slowing Down Feels Like Losing Ground [with Dr. Jeremy Sharp]
Welcome to the Culture Focused Practice podcast. In this Owner’s Room episode, I’m joined by my very first guest — Dr. Jeremy Sharp — for a beautifully messy conversation about what happens after you…
Rest ≠ Stagnation: Why Integration is the Hardest Work You’ll Do (Part 2)
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper wraps up the two-part deep dive into rest, integration, and the quiet (but hard) work of leadership.
This episode challen…
Rest ≠ Stagnation: Why Integration is the Hardest Work You’ll Do (Part 1)
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper unpacks the gut-punch of realizing that rest doesn’t mean you’ve stopped growing.
It just means you’re in integration mo…
The Owner's Room: When You're the Bottleneck (And You Know It)
In this Owner’s Room episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper digs into what it feels like—and what it means—to realize you’re the bottleneck in your own business. She e…
What Most Owners Get Wrong About EOS
In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper calls out the top myths that group practice owners believe about EOS—and why those misconceptions are costing you more t…