If you missed my last article, please go to: www.summitpracticesolutions.com and search the link to all our articles. We are dissecting what it takes to survive as an independent dental practice now and in the future. In an effort to identify those practices at the greatest risk, I am giving you the top 12 things that are certain to hold you back ...
Read MoreNot too long ago I wrote a series of articles titled: STOP THINKING LIKE A DENTIST. Just last week I was asked to be the keynote speaker to open the annual BEST for Dentistry meeting with the task of describing how to survive as an independent practice. I believe dentistry is one of the best careers anyone could have. It has and will continue to ...
Read MoreAt my age, I don’t like anything that mentions “terminal”. Just this one time I will assume we are not talking about my “use before date”. With every end of a year, we face a new beginning. For a few, it might be a time to recommit to keep doing what you are doing because the results are so good. For some it may be a time to re-engage ...
Read MoreGot an email from my friend David Phelps of Freedom Founders fame (www.freedomfounders.com). He wanted to informally visit over the phone and interview me about exit strategies and the general state of the union when it comes to selling your practice. I wanted to list 6 quick questions that I was asked and just a short response from me for each of ...
Read MoreI would hazard to say that all of us have found our self in a rut. It seems to be that quiet killer of excellence and growth. It slips up on us as life happens. We remain in this rut because it is easier than digging our way out. A vast majority of doctors tell me that their rut is different from everyone else’s. If you find that you have been ...
Read MoreIt all started in 1991 when Dan Gookin wrote and published “DOS For Dummies”. This started an empire of “Dummies” books. “Windows for Dummies” sold 15 million copies. Thousands of other topics followed and they are still coming out with more. They basically are the “Cliff Notes” for an endless list of topics. Kind of a ...
Read MoreIs your workplace productive? According to Gallup’s worldwide surveys, 87% of employees are not engaged in their duties. By the same logic, I would assume most of our dental employees are also not engaged. The level of employee engagement among Gallup’s best clients with highly engaging and high-performing cultures outperform their peers by ...
Read MoreThirty minutes ago, I got the second email from another doctor. Both were in the middle of purchasing patient records (not the whole practice) from a practice down the street. Both were in the exploration portion of the negotiations. To have two different doctors from two different parts of the US ask the same question in a matter of one day is ...
Read MoreMost of my articles come from speaking with other dentists on the phone, or via text or email. Just the other day, Dr. Nathan Ho from Facebook Dental WinWin (you should join the group) had this quick question: Good morning Mike, Do you have a marketing calendar on an Excel sheet that you can email me? Thank you in advance. Nathan I ...
Read MoreWe have touched on this in previous articles and it bears repeating: The best strategy in life and business is to learn how to ask the hard questions. The right questions followed by direct action are the quickest ways to get where you want to go. Knowing that there has never been a dental graduate who slogged through dental school, walked across ...
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