by [email protected] | Jun 5, 2024 | Enhancing Culture
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Are you secretly battling self-doubt in your dental practice?
Today, Dr. Dave exposes the hidden confidence killers and arms you with the tools to overcome them to improve your culture.
- Identify Hidden Pitfalls: Discover the four self-doubt pitfalls silently eroding your team’s potential and practice success.
- Implement Actionable Strategies: Learn ten actionable strategies to build a more confident, resilient team and boost overall morale.
- Transform Self-Doubt: Find out how to turn self-doubt into a driving force for success with proven techniques.
Tune in now and start your journey to a more confident, high-performing practice.
Are you ready to upgrade your practice? Need help implementing the Dentists Ascend Method? Don’t miss Dr. Dave’s presentation: ‘How to Build a Referral-Centric, High-Profit Dental Practice Without the Team Drama — Even if You’re Currently Overwhelmed.‘ This resource is tailored to help you enhance your operations, boost patient referrals, and increase profits while creating a self-managing team. Perfect for any dental practice owner looking to win in today’s challenging environment. Check it out now!
Key Quotes:
- “Self-doubt is a silent saboteur. It quietly erodes confidence and creates a ripple effect that impacts your entire practice culture.”
- “Self-sabotage occurs when people undermine their own chances of success… It can be in the relationships at work, it can be their own personal performance at work…”
- “Feeling inadequate and unworthy despite persistent effort and goal achievement can lead to a never-ending cycle of dissatisfaction.”
- “Create an environment where feedback is seen as a tool for growth, not a threat. Offer specific, actionable, and supportive feedback regularly.”
- “As a leader, demonstrate the behaviors you want to see in your team. Be the change you want to see in the world. Show confidence, and show resilience and openness in dealing with self-doubt.”
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- People: Benjamin Franklin, was a Founding Father, statesman, inventor, and writer. He played a key role in the American Revolution, securing French support. His scientific work included groundbreaking electricity experiments and inventions like the lightning rod. He is also known for his witty “Poor Richard’s Almanack.”
- People: Carol Dweck, is a Stanford psychologist known for her research on mindset and motivation, and author of the bestselling book “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.” Her work explores how our beliefs about our abilities influence our success and well-being.
- People: Barbara Corcoran, is an American entrepreneur, real estate mogul, and television personality. She founded The Corcoran Group, a leading New York City real estate brokerage, and achieved great success before selling it for $66 million. Corcoran is also a well-known investor on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” where she shares her business savvy and provides aspiring entrepreneurs with valuable guidance.
- People: Albert Schweitzer, was an Alsatian theologian, philosopher, physician, and musician. He won the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his “Reverence for Life” philosophy, exemplified by his founding of the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Africa. A scholar of Bach’s music, he also influenced the Organ Reform Movement.
- I appreciate your feedback. Let me know what you learned and loved here: [email protected].
by [email protected] | May 8, 2024 | Enhancing Culture
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Is your dental team tangled in the typical blame and gossip?
Join us as we unravel the mystery behind why so many dental practices find themselves ensnared below the line and explore the transformative power of ascending to an Above-the-Line Culture.
In this episode, you’ll:
- Uncover Below the Line Dynamics: Explore the reasons behind the prevalence of below-the-line cultures in dental practices and their detrimental impact on practice efficiency.
- Chart Your Path to Above the Line: Follow Dr. Dave as he shares practical steps for cultivating an above-the-line culture, including team training and fostering open discussions.
- Harvest the Benefits: Learn about the tangible benefits of embracing an Above-the-Line Culture, from enhancing patient care to boosting overall job satisfaction among team members.
Don’t miss this enlightening episode filled with strategies to enhance your dental practice dynamics.
Ready to revolutionize your team’s approach and elevate patient experiences? Hit play now!
Are you ready to upgrade your practice? Need help implementing the Dentists Ascend Method? Don’t miss Dr. Dave’s presentation: ‘How to Build a Referral-Centric, High-Profit Dental Practice Without the Team Drama — Even if You’re Currently Overwhelmed.‘ This resource is tailored to help you enhance your operations, boost patient referrals, and increase profits while creating a self-managing team. Perfect for any dental practice owner looking to win in today’s challenging environment. Check it out now!
Key Quotes:
- “It’s imperative that we’re cognizant of where we stand in any moment of time, above the line or below the line, because our position is going to set the tone for the entire team.”
- “Rather than external factors beyond your reach, focus on those [things you can control]. This approach isn’t just about avoiding negative behaviors. It’s about actively cultivating a culture where every team member feels secure, valued, and understood.”
- “Blame is a natural and normal reaction because it comes from our instinctual defense mechanisms…But while blame might offer temporary relief from those uncomfortable feelings, it’s inherently toxic…it creates an environment where fear, defensiveness, and lack of accountability will thrive.”
- “Positive reinforcement will encourage the team to continue engaging in these powerful behaviors.”
- “Gossip…severely undermines trust and disrupts team cohesion…By enforcing a policy where negative topics must only be discussed with those who can contribute to a solution, you encourage direct, candid communication…creating a more positive and productive work environment.”
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- People: Jim Dethmer, is a celebrated coach, speaker, and co-founder of The Conscious Leadership Group, known for his work with CEOs and their teams. He leads forums and coach training in major cities and co-authored the bestseller “The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership,” focusing on enhancing organizational cultures through conscious leadership principles.
- I appreciate your feedback. Let me know what you learned and loved here: [email protected].
by [email protected] | May 10, 2023 | Prescriptions for your Practice
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Are you tired of being the bottleneck in your dental practice decision-making process and struggling to get your team members engaged? As a dental practice owner, your team’s success is directly tied to your ability to lead effectively.
Studies show that asking good questions leads to better decision-making, problem-solving, and overall team performance. By implementing these strategies, you can create an environment of continuous learning, greater productivity, and job satisfaction. Ultimately, this will lead to better patient care and help you elevate your dental practice to new heights.
In this episode, I discuss why telling is out and asking is in.
- So if you want to enhance employee buy-in and productivity…
- If you want to stop being the bottleneck to dental practice growth …
- If you want your team to have an owner mentality because you recognize that collaborative and decisive teams win in the next decade…
Tune in now!
Listen in and find solutions to common practice issues at Prescriptions for Your Practice.
Join The Leading Dentist Collective – the free collaborative community for single-location dental practice owners who want to unleash their people, profits, and purpose.
Key Quotes:
- “Excessive telling leads to lack of ownership, so they’ll think more like a renter than an owner.”
- “Ownership does not mean an equity position. It means a state of mind.”
- “Your job as a CEO is to point them towards the mission, give them a set of values to operate by, and then give them the tools and training they need to succeed and be autonomous in their job.”
- “By involving team members in this process, by involving them and improving the workflow, you’re gonna help them again create a sense of ownership. It’s gonna enhance their buy-in to whatever you’re doing.”
- “Asking team members for their input, you show that you demonstrate genuine interests, that you’re willing to customize it, that you’re gonna understand their love language or the language of appreciation because each person is gonna be wired slightly different.”
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by [email protected] | Mar 8, 2023 | Prescriptions for your Practice
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As a dental practice owner myself, I know the struggles of feeling powerless when things don’t go as planned. But, I discovered a powerful tool that transformed the way I run my practice – emotional intelligence. I’ll share my journey of breaking the IQ barrier and embracing emotional intelligence to create a positive and supportive work environment, enhance patient experiences, and improve the overall profitability of my practice.
In this episode, I discuss why Emotional Intelligence is mission-critical for a modern dental practice.
- So if you want to have what 90% of top-performing leaders possess…
- If you want to level up your practice’s culture …
- If you want to know why it all starts with self-awareness and self-management so you can have a dental team other dentists are jealous of…
Tune in now!
This episode is packed with tips and insights that could transform the way you run your dental practice. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to become a confident and capable leader in dentistry.
Listen in and find solutions to common practice issues at Prescriptions for Your Practice.
Check out our New Case Study, “Discover How To Recession-Proof Your Dental Practice In The Next 60 Days So That You Increase Profits & Avoid Losing Key Team Members” now at: http://thenorecessiondentist.com/casestudy.
Join The Leading Dentist Collective – the free collaborative community for single-location dental practice owners who want to unleash their people, profits, and purpose.
Key Quotes:
- “When you neglect the importance of emotional intelligence, you are missing the whole game of communication, collaboration, and connection.”
- “If dental practice owners prioritize emotional intelligence, it can have several positive effects on the practice and all the people involved.”
- “It’s important to know your values and they’re integrated into the practice’s values.”
- “If you want emotional intelligence to be a big part of your practice ownership, you have to set the standards and role model the way.“
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by [email protected] | Apr 6, 2022 | Prescriptions for your Practice
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Most dentists struggle to find and retain solid employees — someone hungry, humble, and smart. This often leads to the temptation to settle for underperformers and allow culture-cancers to impact the team negatively. But the possibility is that you can have a deliberate process that helps team members understand that part of their job is always getting better at their job, constantly growing, and continuously improving.
This week’s theme is enhancing culture. In this episode, I discuss keeping underperforming employees from undermining your culture. So if you want to:
- have a deliberate process that helps team members understand that part of their job is always to be getting better at their job;
- know when to clarify, connect, coach, correct, and collide; and
- understand what makes an employee a subtractor and what makes one a divider so that you can enhance your culture …
you need to tune in now!
Tune in and find solutions to common practice issues at Prescriptions for Your Practice.
Key Quotes:
- “Our job as owners is to make sure that everyone, a hundred percent of the team, is either onboard or we have to get them out of the way.”
- “Let’s make sure that we’re moving further, faster in the direction that you really desire for your practice.”
- “You as the owner really need to double down your focus and not only be a role model of that focus but also become great at refocusing the team.”
- “Praise and constructive criticism only work well in the presence of clear expectations.”
- “Don’t assume that there is clarity. Verify, verify, verify.”
- “It’s important that everyone on the team check their ego at the door and understand that once they clock in, their job is to take care of one another and the patients.”
- “In times of uncertainty, communication should be more abundant.”
- “All of your team members should feel like you’re betting on their success all of the time that they’re working for you. And then make sure they believe that they can pull this off.”
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