Got 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 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 MoreI’m cheating a little this week. I just rewrote the Super General Dental Practice and while researching the update, I ran across this article that I penned 8 years ago. Consider where we were a decade ago and see how this article of prophecy has fared. For a brief moment I wanted to re-title it as I TOLD YOU SO, but that’s just not me. Well, a ...
Read MoreThis is a continuation of last week’s post titled, After the Sale. We are discussing the email below received as a response to an earlier blog entitled The Associate Pay Myth. Mike, Great article about associate pay. Could you write an article about retiring dentists who sell their practice and want to stay on as a part-time independent ...
Read More(I have had a lot of requests to look at individual office numbers and I am just about all caught up, so if you are thinking you want to do this, please go ahead and send your Growth Analysis Spreadsheet and information so that you don’t lose out on implementing these new strategies. The details are in the “PS” at the end of today’s ...
Read MoreMy brain seems to work this way. I feel if I can present an irrefutable truth along with a pathway to success you will improve your practice. Part of this is my proclivity to look at some of the same issues from different perspectives. Porter’s Five Forces is a useful and easily understood tool to understand the competitiveness of your business ...
Read MoreMost of us are pretty active. But where you actually go in life is determined by how you see yourself. Activity doesn’t change your identity; your identity changes your activity. It will be how you see yourself (your identity) that defines your choices in life. The opposite of transformation isn’t failure, it is settling for less. You have to ...
Read More(NOTE: I wish I could claim credit for having written this, but it wasn’t me. I actually don’t know who wrote it. But I’m sure he or she wouldn’t mind me passing it on. And rest assured that I struggle with this as much as anyone. Let’s be THANKFUL! (MG) Two old friends met each other on the street one day. One looked forlorn, almost ...
Read MoreI think most of us try to keep our noses clean, do the right thing, and show up every day. There was a time when this would secure your reputation. Kind of like the Old West where good guys didn’t lie, steal, or cheat anyone. Today, a good reputation is a little harder to come by. We are judged, not by our actions, but the perceptions of our ...
Read MoreIt’s the Thanksgiving Holiday season and, whether you’re reading this before or after Thanksgiving Day itself, I hope you will agree with me that in spite of everything happening in our lives and in the world around us, despite all of our individual cares and concerns, we still have MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR! (MG) Pilgrims held their second ...
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