Helping people enjoy life through better organizational health and team functionality is the driving passion in life for Dr. Larry Golson. Following his graduation from Southern College of Optometry, Dr. Golson moved back to Atlanta as an associate optometrist in 2 different private practices. He experienced and learned from the best and worst aspects of practice operations and teams. In 2006, he moved to Asheville to pursue his own private practice and a great quality of life in the beautiful WNC mountains. He opened Envision Eyecare “cold” in 2008, with an emphasis on delivering an exceptional eye care experience. His practice has grown from the original team of 3 to the current size of 16 team members. During that time, he’s learned from his setbacks, challenges and successes and has built a sustainable model of delegation and continued growth within his practice by elevating his leaders to operate the practice while he lives out of state pursuing a coaching and consulting firm: www.SherpaConsulting.net

Dr Golson is committed to helping private practice optometry thrive among the increasing competitive pressures from vision plans, private equity, commercial optometry and online optometric products and services.
In 2019, Dr. Golson opened Sherpa Consulting to help other private practices in the following areas:
● Traction EOS Implementation and Facilitation.
● Leadership Development using research-validated, peer proven strategies.
○ Delegate and Elevate, so your practice does NOT depend on you for day to day issues
● Cultivate AND Maintain the Organizational CULTURE you will need to propel your practice forward collectively.
○ Operate from your Core Values and Purpose to understand the difference between managing daily issues vs operating from your higher PURPOSE (Fix known issues and continual improvement from there).
● Instill consistent open and honest communication to cultivate a high level of trust within a team
● Coach you to develop the business of your practice by working ON your practice not IN your practice so you have more time for whatever you choose = FREEDOM OF TIME, our most nonrenewable resource
● Financial analysis to maximize profitability
● Developing and maximize Key Performance Indicators, such as Revenue Per Patient, for optimal profitability

Dr. Golson has written articles for Review of Optometric Business and Optometric Management and has been a featured guest on podcasts and webinars such as IDoc’s Eye Own a Business, GPN Visions, 20/20 Money and The Optometry Money Podcast.