Over the past three weeks, I have had lots of calls about hygiene on commission and how practices are losing money in the hygiene department. Hopefully, you are seeing a new possibility and how to build a new reality for a profitable dental practice. Hygiene is one of the key points in every successful practice I have ever seen. Great practices ...
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We need to look at two things this week. How should we approach change with any staff member in our office, and how can we increase our hygiene production, profit, and satisfaction in a few days? Today is the perfect time to improve your leadership and bottom line. Change is uncomfortable for all of us, but especially to our staff when based on ...
Read MoreI am probably going to get a lot of negative feedback from this second installment. I want to talk about underperforming hygiene departments. Pretty much 90% of the offices I see fit this description. Whether you have one or a dozen hygienists you need to look at hygiene as the hub of your entire practice. They should be bringing in at least 33% ...
Read MoreNot long ago I got bullied into reopening a Facebook account by one of my clients. While this may or may not be his real name, Nathan Ho is a great dentist with a great product called Envision Stars that creates a software interface for Facebook that can add to your marketing outreach. Anyway, I opened back up my account and, on his insistence, I ...
Read MoreThe topic for the video today is CHANGE. To access the video, click here. After viewing the video, you will find additional related information in Chapter 4 and Chapter 30 of THE SUPER GENERAL DENTAL PRACTICE book. "WHEN YOU’RE DONE WITH CHANGE – YOU’RE DONE.” Dr. Mike Abernathy Maybe ...
Read MoreThe topic for the video today is MONEY. To access the video, click here. After viewing the video, you will find additional related information in Chapters 20, 26, 27, and 28 of THE SUPER GENERAL DENTAL PRACTICE book. This might be the most difficult topic of them all because many people are either very reluctant to talk about money or become ...
Read MoreThe topic for the video today is ACCOUNTABILITY. To access the video, click here. After viewing the video, you will find additional related information in Chapter 6 of THE SUPER GENERAL DENTAL PRACTICE book. As you’re getting back into full-scale practice after the imposed shut down, it’s the ideal time to separate from your normal ...
Read MoreThe topic for the video today is OUR VULNERABLE PROFESSION. To access the video, click here. After viewing the video, you will find additional related information in Chapter 25 and Chapter 31 of THE SUPER GENERAL DENTAL PRACTICE book. The initial dictionary definition of the word “vulnerable” is: Capable of ...
Read MoreThe topic for the video today is LEADERSHIP. To access the video, click here. After viewing the video, you will find additional related information in Chapter 21 and Chapter 22 of THE SUPER GENERAL DENTAL PRACTICE book. A leader is defined in the dictionary as “a person who guides or directs a group”. To me, this ...
Read MoreThe topic for the video today is MARKETING. To access the video, click here. After viewing the video, you will find additional related information in Chapter 15 and Chapter 25 of THE SUPER GENERAL DENTAL PRACTICE book. EVRYTHING YOU DO IS MARKETING! You might think that Marketing is just about social media or your website SEO or maybe online ...
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