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Is There Someone Missing From Your Practice?
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Is There Someone Missing From Your Practice?

Every practice should have someone with an excellent clinical background such as a senior assistant, performing a designated treatment coordinator role,...

| 10 years ago
Five Points of Clarity Before You Bring in an Associate
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Five Points of Clarity Before You Bring in an Associate

So you've made the decision to expand operations and bring in an associate. Congratulations. But now that you have arrived at that answer, there are a...

| 10 years ago
Trusting Your Internal Compass

Trusting Your Internal Compass

My sister Nadia is an exceptional woman. So when she graduated from university, I encouraged her to get going on her career. I knew she had incredible...

| 10 years ago
How to Speed Up By Slowing Down
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How to Speed Up By Slowing Down

I have always been an action-oriented kind of person. For the most part that has served me well, but in my younger years my impatience with anything that...

| 10 years ago
A New Era in Team Communications

A New Era in Team Communications

Does your dental practice team feel out of the loop? If team meetings alone are not helping, here's another way you can ensure your entire dental team...

| 10 years ago
Three Big Steps When Introducing a New Dentist

Three Big Steps When Introducing a New Dentist

Bringing a new doctor into a practice is a huge step for any dental team. Unless you can make the people around you really believe in what you're...

| 10 years ago
How to Achieve 'The Transitions Effect' Without a Transition

How to Achieve 'The Transitions Effect' Without a Transition

I love transitions for the anxiety they cause. Don't get me wrong, I don't like to see dentists struggle with change in their practices. This is especially...

| 10 years ago
Playing to Win the Expenses Game
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Playing to Win the Expenses Game

One of the more common missteps I think leaders in business make involves taking a defensive approach to expenses, where you spend more time trying to...

| 10 years ago
Some Simple Advice for the 'Captain' of Your Dental Team
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Some Simple Advice for the 'Captain' of Your Dental Team

Every dental practice has its own leadership structure. Larger practices will have a designated office manager, but even in smaller practices there is...

| 10 years ago
How to Develop a Team 'Ownership' Mindset
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How to Develop a Team 'Ownership' Mindset

When we talk about the kind of mindset we want to see among the people on our team we tend to use phrases like 'being invested' and 'taking ownership.'...

| 10 years ago
Is it Time to Introduce Someone New to Your Life?
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Is it Time to Introduce Someone New to Your Life?

I grew up in a family as the only boy among four girls, which may explain why, when it was time for me to become a parent, I put in my order for 'boys...

| 10 years ago
Getting Peace of Mind by Making Tough Decisions
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Getting Peace of Mind by Making Tough Decisions

I have always loved being near the water. I was born and raised in Mombasa, Kenya, a large port city on the Indian Ocean. Later I went to London for university,...

| 10 years ago