Thursday, 5 May 2022

Ep 205: Mentoring Before Money with Blake Withers


Blake Withers works at Achieve Podiatry, located within a speciality sports medicine clinic in Newcastle, NSW.

Most of his patients are musculoskeletal, which feeds into his particular interest in runners and paediatrics. He also works at Newcastle University as a lecturer in Podiatric Biomechanics and as a clinical educator. 

Blake was previously on Episode 116: How First-Year Graduates Think In 2020

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Why mentoring should come before money if podiatry is your career and not just a job. 
  • Your new employer may not be in a position to pay you more. You need to understand how numbers work within a podiatry business. 
  • Owning up to your mistakes when they happen. 
  • You are never going to be a weapon immediately after leaving university. 
  • Experience teaches you how to communicate and ask good questions to your patients. 
  • The Five Chimps Theory. 
  • Why you should make an effort to work with more experienced podiatrists in the areas of podiatry you want to know more about or get better at. 
  • Feedback from your employer improves and sharpens your skills. 

When two podiatrists talk about a concept with open dialogue and an open mind to new information, they both benefit. 

You can connect with Blake via his Instagram page @TheSportsPodiatryProject, and this is also the name of his podcast. 

You can also find me on Instagram @tysonfranklin66

Podiatry Advising & Mentoring

Have you decided to grow your podiatry business this year? We should talk and see if I can be of some assistance if you have. Please call me on 0408671966 or email me at tf@tysonfranklin.com; otherwise, look at my Mentoring page. 


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