Newsletter of ‘Business Bites’ just for dentists!
As we all emerge from the trials of the Covid 19 pandemic, I think it’s worth a look back over the last few years and see what’s changed as we crawl up out of that dark hole and check out our surroundings. Personally, I think a lot has changed. I also think the dental industry…
We keep hearing that phrase – the new normal – but what does it really mean? My sense is that the operation of practices, particularly the solopreneur practice, will not ever go back to exactly how things were pre-Covid 19. This pandemic was a real shake down for the dental field in so many ways. …
How does a busy professional find work/life balance? “I feel like I am being pulled in many directions. When I get home, I am so tired that I don’t feel like I am really present for my partner and kids.” “I chose to become a dentist because I thought I would be able to work…
Do you hold regular staff meetings? Have you stopped because they turn into ‘bitch sessions”? I hear this too often. I believe that staff meetings are essential unless you have some other brilliant way of communicating en masse with your team. Failing that, there are ways that you can make your staff meeting worth everyone’s time.…
What would you say if you were speaking to a room full of dental students? I’ll be speaking to student dentists in November at the American Student Dentist Association Leadership Conference in Chicago. Dental students from all over the US will be attending and I will be speaking on ways to make an associateship successful. I am…