Thanks to your practice’s commitment to consistently utilizing Patient-Oriented, Best Practice Operating Systems, your team made it safely to first base. Then, after installing regular team meetings, report-driven Morning Huddles, and a powerful Annual Retreat - and improving communication throughout - you made a solid base hit to second. What leadership tools need to be used now in order to reach third base and, ultimately, home?

Dental team accountability is a topic I frequently address with dentists. In a business like dentistry where the boss must spend 95% of his or her working time in the mouth of another person in order to be successful, accountability becomes even more elusive.

In my 35 years in dentistry I have heard this phrase over and over again. Most dentists didn’t get into the profession because they wanted to run a business; they did it so they could be DENTISTS! Unfortunately, the business side of running a dental practice often ends up being so overwhelming they aren’t able to enjoy their true passion of dentistry.

Are you looking for ways to increase your dental practice’s annual production? According to a study conducted by Harvard Review, businesses with healthy work cultures produce, on the average, 31% more than those businesses without one. There are three fundamental pieces to ensure a healthy work environment - and bottom line - for your dental practice.