Uncovering Your Hidden “Boutique Practice”
When dentists talk about building a dream boutique practice, what they are usually saying is simply that they want a dental practice that attracts...
Imtiaz Manji | 9 years ago ›
Is Your Dental Practice Infected with This Common Team Issue?
I call it the Compartment Mindset Syndrome, and it can infect even some high-performing practices. It's when team members, often those who have settled...
Imtiaz Manji | 9 years ago ›
Emergency Coverage Groups for Dentists
Why is it that emergencies happen at the most inconventient times? If you had only known you were going to have that heart attack you could have...
Gary DeWood | 9 years ago ›
What is Your Leadership Default Position?
Every dental practice owner is a leader, whether they like it or not. Some dentists are lucky enough to be natural leaders, the kind who usually know...
Imtiaz Manji | 9 years ago ›
A Thinking Framework for Achieving Real Breakthroughs
If I were to ask one hundred people—people from across the demographic spectrum—what one change would have the greatest favorable impact on their lives, I...
Imtiaz Manji | 9 years ago ›
Price vs. Value: What to Think About When You are Buying a Dental Practice
Purchasing a dental practice is a life-defining moment, so of course if you're looking to buy, you want to make sure you are getting good value for...
Imtiaz Manji | 9 years ago ›
An Important Insight into How Patients Think about Pain
Have you ever performed a difficult procedure—one where the patient was in obvious discomfort for most of the time—only to have them report afterwards that 'it...
Imtiaz Manji | 9 years ago ›
Improving Case Acceptance: Part Three - Taking it Further
Previously I shared some tips for improving case acceptance (click here for Part 1 and Part 2) and I wrote that I do not always review all...
John Carson | 9 years ago ›
What Makes a Dental Team Great?
There are all lot of factors that go into making up a well-functioning, smoothly-aligned, high-performing dental team – but I would say that one of...
Imtiaz Manji | 9 years ago ›
Three Rules for Following Through
No matter what business you are in, your passion for your work shows in how determined you are to influence others to see the value of what you can do.
Imtiaz Manji | 9 years ago ›
How Becoming a Better Dentist Can be like Riding a Bike
It's why I always say it's not enough to get excited about discovering new techniques or methods of diagnosis at a seminar or workshop—you have to put sustained...
Imtiaz Manji | 9 years ago ›
How Dentists can Unintentionally Offend Patients
Our language and our actions are ways that we communicate to others. This article suggests that we analyze some of our interaction with patients from...
Michael McDevitt | 9 years ago ›