by [email protected] | Mar 3, 2021 | Legendary Leadership
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Over my years as a podcaster, some of my very favorite interviews have been when I’ve brought friends onto the show, and this episode will definitely fall into that category. Dr. Pete McClellan is a dentist with multiple practices in Kansas City, a visionary, and a fantastic leader who was named a top dentist in Hawaii for two years in a row.
Listen in as we talk about the importance of creating a workplace where people actually want to work, as well as how a mission statement can help to weed out those who don’t fit within the culture of the practice. You’ll learn how we can all balance the need to make money with the desire to have a healthy and sustainable practice, and why creating a critical mass of believable people is one of the most sustainable things you can do for your business.
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Key Quotes:
- “You can’t underestimate the power of a believable person in your world.”
- “If you can make more mistakes than anyone and still be successful, then that’s the game.”
- “My darkest moments were my biggest breakthroughs.”
- “There is so much power in finding people whose stories you believe.”
- “We need the practice to be profitable, but we need the practice to be sustainable.”
- “You have to put something in front of that team member that makes them realize they are part of something bigger.”
- “I’d like to give lots of credit to my two awesome business partners, Dr Daniel Rome and Dr Jeff Slutskiy. Our divide and conquer mindset has served us well.”
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by [email protected] | Jan 27, 2021 | Maverick Mind Shifts
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Michael Thomas joins the show today to talk about the Special Care Dentistry Association and share why special care dentistry is so close to his heart and such an important part of his dentistry career. He also offers insight into the unique mental, physical, and emotional needs that crop up in special care dentistry.
Listen in as we discuss the importance of understanding, connection, and trust when it comes to working with special needs patients, as well as how dentists can better equip themselves to provide care for patients with special needs. You’ll hear some great tips and techniques for communicating with and caring for patients who need special care in order to become acclimated to dental procedures.
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Key Quotes:
- “The dentists who do have the most fulfilling careers—it’s the connection to the patient, not the connection to the procedure that really defines them.”
- “She didn’t look at humanity the way any of us did. She looked at it without any hatred or prejudice or any kind of negativity. She saw people for who they are.”
- “As the trust goes up, the need for drugs and sedation goes down.”
- “What I’m seeing is that many dentists do not want to treat special needs individuals because they take too much time, many of them are Medicaid patients, and they don’t have the financial reimbursement that many other patients do.”
- “They call it the practice of dentistry, and you are never officially done learning.”
- “There are so many different facets on how you, yourself, can be more aware in delivering the best care possible to not only the patient with special needs, but their caregiver as well.”
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by [email protected] | Jan 20, 2021 | Legendary Leadership
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Are you looking for more success and happiness? Dr. Paul Goodman is the creator of Dental Nachos, a Facebook group that is 28,000+ members strong and aims to increase both of those things among dentists. Part dentist, part stand-up comedian, part clinical mentor, part practice transition specialist, and one of the funniest people you may ever meet, Paul joins the show today to share his awesome insight.
With a lot of humor, we’re talking about when and why Paul created Dental Nachos, as well as where the unusual name came from. Paul is also sharing why he thinks dental school training is irresponsible, the 3 D’s of dentistry that ultimately hurt the industry, and the legitimate concerns the industry is facing. Listen in to learn how those concerns are influencing the dream of autonomy and practice ownership that dentists strive for—and what can be done about it.
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Key Quotes:
- “Dental implants are one of the greatest inventions the world has ever seen.”
- “Get to ‘good-ish’ first, then go from there.”
- “Dental school does not give us the tools we really need to succeed out there in the real world where the game is being played.”
- “I hope I could be part of the solution for dentistry by having some of these tough conversations.”
- “It has become incredibly complex to run a dental practice.”
- “Social media is great, but it lacks context and it can divide as easily as it can bring together.”
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by [email protected] | Dec 30, 2020 | Maverick Mind Shifts
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Dr. Laura Mach is a fellow dentist, podcaster, and leadership coach whose focus is on female dental practice owners. Through her Love Your Practice program, she guides clients on how to lead in a way that creates less stress and more peace in their practice and their life.
Listen in as Laura shares her journey into dentistry and why she made the decision to buy her private practice only eight months after graduating from dental school. She’ll also dive into the shift that happened for her to evolve as a leader, why everything we do is driven by only one thing, and why culture change really needs to start from the top to become fundamental to an organization.
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Key Quotes:
- “If I can be aware of that thought and look at it differently, it’s going to create something completely different.”
- “I questioned the morality of my choice, but at the same time, I still had that fire from the epiphany moment when I knew I could be a dentist.”
- “Entrepreneurs risk their own money and their own comfort because they believe that something better is coming.”
- “You can be a life coach and still worry about the same stuff, because even life coaches have human brains.”
- “My job as a coach is to show people what their brains are doing.”
- “People think if they change the facts, it will change how they feel. But changing the fact does not change how you feel—you have to change what you’re thinking in order to change how you feel.”
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by [email protected] | Dec 16, 2020 | Prescriptions for your Practice
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Today’s guests are willing to do what other people are not. They figure out ways to engineer over the leadership challenges, the team turmoil, and the patient unrest. In this episode, Dr. Taher Dhoon and Dr. Chris Green join the show to share insights from their book, The Practice Launchpad, and explain the impact the current pandemic has had on their business.
Listen in as they explain how they have harvested what everyone is looking for in dentistry: more revenue, more profit, more time, and more meaning. You will learn the benefit of approaching life with a leadership mindset, whether anyone can own practice and more.
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Key Quotes:
- ”You have to have a framework to go off of and then pick and choose what fits the practice you’re building.”
- “We’re just legitimately out there to help people.”
- “Being a husband and a father are far more important than the business aspect of things.”
- “Anyone can own a practice surrounding themselves with the right people.”
- “If you want to make it somewhere, research is critical!”
- “You don’t have to pay money to get good knowledge these days.”
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