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As a savvy practice owner, you know your office manager plays a key leadership role in your office by helping manage, encourage, train, and lead your entire team. In fact, when it comes to accountability and integrity in the office, your office manager is second only to you in setting the tone of your practice. […]
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By Patti Sooy, RDH-BS, VP of Business & Program Development “Coaching turns problems into challenges, challenges into opportunities, and opportunities into gifts.” ~Milton Erickson Mid-career dentists who seek out coaching are often not enjoying their work: they can be burned out, afraid – what if I can’t keep my doors open or pay my bills […]
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By Chris Moriarity, MA, FA, VP of Client Development When it comes to finance, the profit and loss statement (P&L) gets a lot of attention. This wonderful document helps define and explain the path that every dollar that comes in your office takes. It’s like the Plinko board of business, a dollar goes in the […]
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By Chris Moriarity, MA, FA, Vice President of Client Development If you’re a child of the 80’s, chances are you remember when band Cinderella laid down the track “You don’t know what you’ve got (til it’s gone),” and we were gifted a soundtrack to mentally sing in each and every moment of lament (ironically or […]
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If you haven’t read it, 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell is a great book. The good news is you don’t have to master all 21 laws to be a better leader. One of the things I’ve learned in studying John Maxwell’s leadership is influence. Ultimately, leadership all comes down to influence. As […]
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By Victoria Peterson, CEO & Co-Founder Clinical leadership is an often-overlooked aspect of dental practice management. I view clinical leadership as the most critical component of “practice management”. Developing a system to articulate the dentists’ philosophy of care to both team and patients is essential. So how do you lead your team in clinical parameters […]
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By Victoria Peterson Originally published in Dental Economics, June 2018 If you’re like many dentists, new patient numbers are one of the measures you obsessively track. It makes sense. New patients can be an indicator for the success of your marketing, what your referral rate is, or how well your staff is doing at converting calls […]
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By Chris Moriarity, MA, FA, VP of Business Development Our lives are pretty amazing! But very few people seem to be happy. While this may be a bit dramatic, at the end of the day, most successful people don’t seem to feel successful: they can never quite scratch that itch or keep that gap in […]
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By Christine Uhen, Business Development Coach There is a painting at my house called Leap of Faith. While I’m inspired by it to have faith that things will work out, when it comes to leadership and accountability with your team and business, having faith isn’t going to do it. One of the biggest stresses we’ve […]
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By Patti Sooy, RDH-BS, VP of Business & Program Development If I could emphasize one thing to new doctors it’s to do it right from the beginning by investing in good advice. Unfortunately, I’ve seen so many young doctors struggle because they aren’t prepared to run a business. One of the things I hear often […]
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By Chris Moriarity, BA, MA, FA, VP of Business Development Culture is a big buzzword in the world of business right now. But what is culture and how do you know what your culture is? How do you control it? Maybe more importantly, where do you even start? It’s actually quite simple: Culture gets down to […]
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By Victoria Peterson, Co-Founder & CEO (Based on material published in FUNdamentals of Outstanding Dental Teams) “PDA’s coaching program is like playing in a championship game that you know you’ve already won. Now at any given time I know right where I stand in the business and I’m not guessing anymore. Our coach helped the […]
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Productive Dentist Academy is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of this program provider are accepted by AGD for Fellowship, Mastership, and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry or AGD endorsement. The current term of approval extends from 10/1/2016 to 11/30/2020. Provider ID# 217561
Posted October 17, 2018 / 
