It can’t be said often enough that setting goals are necessary to have growth in your office. If you don’t have a map of where you are going you will have a very difficult time getting there. Set your goals, define the steps you need to get there and start working on them! Have your …
Welcoming a dental coach into your practice is not signalling defeat by any means, it is a sound decision that will take the pressure off and give you an objective perspective of your practice and routes for change if needed. As the practice leader, there are some signals that you should pay attention to, that …
One day your production is great, and you go home feeling like you own the world. The next day your production is terrible, and you go home dragging your feet. Why can’t every day feel great? You lie sleepless at night worrying about your time management, bills to be paid and which seat you will …
Whether we call it patient service or customer service as a dental practice it doesn’t really matter. There are some very simple ways to deliver great service to your patients that have no expense attached to them. Dental offices have lost some of these services during the pandemic. It is time to review them and …
In many practices, dental assistants are often not valued for their contribution to the practice. This is one of the many reasons that the dental industry is now suffering from a shortage of CDA’s. CDA’s were never seen as producers as hygienists were and they have never been valued for treatment acceptance or adding value …
Every dental software has three different ways of completing any one task, this should not be the case when it comes to the policies in your office, the policy should be clear and concise. Policies allow you to set guidelines on how you want any particular task completed in your practice. Without policies set in …
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Whether you are the Office Manager or the Owner it is crucial to nip behavioural problems in the bud and address team issues early in your practice. Sticking your head in the sand and hoping that they will resolve themselves will show you the high cost of your inaction. Team issues can erode your practice …
Many dental practices have very loose HR plans or set standards in place a number of years ago and then they have never been updated. Either way, you are running a business and need to meet employment standards, if you are keeping your fingers crossed that what you have in place is good enough then …
David Letterman is known for many things, his sense of humour, his talk show and his Top Ten Lists. The lists made everyone laugh yet they also make you think about some of the more uncomfortable scenarios in our lives. Many people are happy to share what they see are the “Secrets” of their success …
Many offices waffle on the idea as to whether to have bonus/incentive plans for their teams. Do these plans actually incentivize the team successfully or do they become a way for making up for lower than average wages? With wages climbing through the roof currently because of a lack of trained applicants, many dental offices …
Everyday I see dental practices make crucial mistakes that burnout their teams and turn away patients. I’ll show you how to change all that in this guide. Download the guide – it’s FREE!
