From MD to CEO with Dr. Jonathan Baktari: Lead to Succeed 112
Excelling as a professional does not preclude you from succeeding at entrepreneurship. That’s what we learned from Lead to Succeed guest Dr. Jonathan Baktari.
Jonathan is the CEO at both e7 Health and US Drug Test Centers and the host of Baktari MD. e7 health is a preventative health and wellness company that has been called the “the Uber of preventive medicine” and was named the Best Technology Company in the Healthcare Space in 2019.
US Drug Test Centers is a nationwide network of over 20,000 testing centers in the US and is revolutionizing drug and alcohol testing across the nation.
A former triple board-certified physician with specialties in internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, being a healthcare CEO is only the latest chapter in Dr. Baktari’s life mission to help others by making integrative preventative medicine available to everyone.
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Key Talking Points of the Episode:
[02:48] Dr. Jonathan’ take on ‘Doctors who get A’s for the most part in the course work become teachers, those who get B’s are the best doctors, and those who get C’s are the ones who make the best money.’
[05:00] More about Dr. Jonathan's path - what moved him from medicine to the entrepreneurial side.
[07:03] The primary benefits and disadvantages of becoming a leader.
[11:27] The meaning of the following sentence: e7 health has been called the Uber of preventive medicine.
[14:59] How Dr. Jonathan developed his vision and made sure that it became a shared vision internally within the company.
[18:41] From a practitioner's side,what kind of coaching and selling do you need to do to get people to accept and follow change.
[24:29] The most important entrepreneur skills that most successful entrepreneurs possess.
[27:25] How to enroll people into your vision.
[31:32] Dr. Jonathan’s biggest mistake and what he learned from it.
[32:41] Rapid-fire questions.
[35:35] Dr. Jonathan’s final life lesson.
Standout Quotes from the Episode:
“As a leader, you have to enroll all people into your vision.”
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