PATIENCE AND APPRECIATION FOR PATIENTS…..AND TEAM – NOVEMBER 2022
November is the time of year that it is most appropriate to express gratitude and appreciation. We appreciate that all of you have let us into your practices and we are grateful for the opportunity we have been afforded to help you achieve greater success. We are thankful for the wonderful connection that we have…
WHY COACHING? – OCTOBER 2022
October is the time of year when practices are making the final push for a great year before holidays and time with family rightfully become our end of year priority. It is a time when we begin to think about how we, and our practices, have performed, and what we might have done differently to have…
PENNY-WISE, CROWN FOOLISH – SEPTEMBER 2022
Welcome back from the summer. Each year I take off the summer from writing these newsletters to follow my own advice for creating a proper life/work balance. The summer months allow me to “recharge my batteries” and also discover ideas that may be helpful to all of you. The first of these ideas is related to a problem…
LESSONS I LEARNED FROM MY DAD…ABOUT MANAGING A DENTAL PRACTICE…AND LIFE – JUNE 2022
In early April I lost my Dad. He had lived a long productive life and impacted many people, In honor of Father’s Day on June 19th, this month I want to tell you about the “Lessons I Learned From My Dad…About Managing a Dental Practice…and Life”. LESSONS I LEARNED FROM MY DAD… ABOUT MANAGING A DENTAL PRACTICE…AND…
HOW TO RETAIN YOUR TEAM – MAY 2022
As many practices struggle to find team members, we stress that the best way to avoid this challenge is to retain the team that you have and invest in their development. HOW TO RETAIN YOUR TEAM Many dental practices have lost vital team members during the last two years due to the pandemic and the collateral…
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO – APRIL 2022
April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month. If you do not routinely provide an Oral Cancer Exam at the highest level, please make this the month that you (Hygienists AND Doctors) begin doing so. In any visit to your office, this is “The MOST Important Thing That You Can Do” since it has the potential to save someone’s…
CELEBRATE YOUR DENTAL ASSISTANTS – MARCH 2022
We “Celebrate Dental Assistants” this month by recommending a great book, “Battling and Beating the Demons of Dental Assisting,” for all of you to give to your assistants. It is written by one of the most influential voices in Dentistry, Kevin Henry, who had been the editor of numerous dental publications and who now advocates for…
THINK OF THE TIME YOU CAN SAVE – FEBRUARY 2022
We know that the month of January was a difficult month for many of you in keeping schedules filled due to team members and many patients coming in contact with Omicron. We hope that you, your families, and your teams, and their families, are well. We look forward to working this year on helping all of…
TAKE TIME TO PLAN – JANUARY 2022
Happy New Year. This month has begun with disappointment at the continued interference of COVID on our lives, and on our practices. Every challenge gives us the opportunity to make ourselves better, instead of bitter. When so many are faced with a similar challenge, it serves no benefit to let the challenge kick you down. There were practices in…
