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Alternative Text Posted July 31, 2018 / Blog
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Beating Debt with a Balance Sheet

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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Alternative Text Posted July 24, 2018 / Blog
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What Italian Thieves Teach Us About Value

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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Alternative Text Posted July 10, 2018 / Blog
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Leadership Mastermind: Influence & 4 Laws of Leadership

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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Alternative Text Posted July 2, 2018 / Blog
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Clinical Leadership: Diagnose the Mouth, Not the Wallet

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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Alternative Text Posted June 19, 2018 / Blog
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The Right Ways to Reach the Right New Patients: Retirees

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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Alternative Text Posted June 12, 2018 / Blog
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Hedonic Adaptation and 10 Steps to a Better Life

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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Alternative Text Posted June 4, 2018 / Blog
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Setting Goals and Tracking Results to be the Leader Your Team Needs

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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Alternative Text Posted May 31, 2018 / Blog
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Business Coaching for the New Dentist

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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Alternative Text Posted May 21, 2018 / Leadership
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A Culture of Success

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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Alternative Text Posted May 14, 2018 / Blog
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What to Look for in a Productive Business Coach

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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Alternative Text Posted May 1, 2018 / Blog
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No More Mayday: Avoiding Crisis in Your Practice

“Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!” It’s the call that no airline pilot or ship’s captain ever wants to make. It means something has gone badly wrong. We’ve all heard a “mayday” message, it’s a staple in disaster movies and all too frequent on the evening news – the distress call of an airplane or ship headed for […]

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Alternative Text Posted April 26, 2018 / Blog
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Leadership Mastermind Series: Get Your Growing Going

By Robyn Ramirez, Business Development Coach If you’re not growing, you’re dying. So, congratulations on taking time out of your day to intentionally spend time growing your leadership skills! This is a great first step (more on that later). Today, I want to talk about intention. If you’re anything like me, you have a list […]

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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