by [email protected] | Jun 7, 2023 | Prescriptions for your Practice
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What can we learn from these elite warriors and how can their principles and perspectives drive your practice towards long-term success?
Let’s uncover the invaluable lessons that can be drawn from the SEALs. Discover the power of adaptability in navigating the ever-changing landscape of the dental industry. Explore the importance of teamwork and collaboration in fostering a harmonious work environment and delivering exceptional patient care. Learn how to cultivate resilience, lead by example, and embrace continuous learning to elevate your practice to new heights.
In this episode, I discuss why dental practice owners should learn important team-building principles and perspectives from the likes of Jocko, Goggins, and Admiral William H. McRaven.
- So if you want to stop setting “realistic” goals and create something more audacious…
- If you want to build an unbeatable mind to help you win in this new economy…
- If you want to cultivate camaraderie so you can enjoy an incredible workplace and an elite dental team…
Tune in now!
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Key Quotes:
- “If we don’t learn from elite leaders, dentists tend to forget how much they still have to learn about influencing and impacting their people.”
- “By consistently demonstrating integrity, professionalism, and dedication, leaders can inspire their team to follow suit.”
- “These goals may seem unimaginable at first, but they will serve as a powerful catalyst for growth, innovation, and development of you and your team.”
- “Leaders should foster a culture of constant improvement where training and development are ongoing priorities.”
- “By consistently exhibiting the qualities that you expect from your team, you are gonna earn their respect and admiration.”
- “Achieving extraordinary goals is rarely an individual endeavor, but rather a result of collective effort and shared purpose.”
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- People: William McRaven, served as the ninth commander of the US Special Operations Command.
- People: Chris Kyle, a former United States Navy SEAL and sniper. He wrote a book, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, and the source for Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster, Academy-Award nominated movie, American Sniper (2014).
- People: Marcus Luttrell, a former United States Navy SEAL and the author of the book, Lone Survivor: The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege.
- People: Mark Divine, American author, podcaster, and retired Navy SEAL Commander. He wrote the book, Unbeatable Mind: Forge Resiliency and Mental Toughness to Succeed at an Elite Level.
- People: Jocko Willink, a decorated retired Navy SEAL officer, author of the book Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win.
- People: Chadd Wright, a motivational speaker, business owner, entrepreneur, and retired Navy SEAL. He started the 3-OF-7 Project together with his brother, Blake Wright.
- People: David Goggins, a Retired Navy SEAL and the only member of the U.S. Armed Forces to complete SEAL training, Army Ranger School, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller training, and author of the books Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds, and Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within.
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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!
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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] | May 3, 2023 | Prescriptions for your Practice
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Are you tired of feeling stuck on the never-ending treadmill of chasing extrinsic rewards like money and fame? Do you feel like no matter how much success you achieve, satisfaction and joy continue to elude you? As a dental practice owner, it’s easy to fall into the trap of being motivated solely by external factors, but this approach is ultimately unsustainable and can lead to poor mental health and burnout.
Let’s dive deeper into the world of intrinsic motivators and how they can transform your dental practice and your life. As a leader, it’s your job to model the way and align your actions with your core beliefs and values, providing you with a sense of purpose and fulfillment.
In this episode, I discuss why chasing money will undermine your practice.
- So if you want to create an unfair dental practice advantage…
- If you want to discover the keys to sustained high motivation and high productivity…
- If you want to understand why curiosity leads to profitability so that you can get control of your career and life…
Tune in now!
Listen in and find solutions to common practice issues at Prescriptions for Your Practice.
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Key Quotes:
- “Extrinsic motivators, think of this as the carrot and stick approach, they work until they don’t.”
- “You’re already enough. You’ve already proved yourself. You’re already a person of value. So just work to serve people.”
- “When people organize their behavior in terms of intrinsic strivings, relative to the extrinsic strivings, they seem more content.”
- “When we’re generating autonomy effectively, we’re doing what we’re doing because of interest and enjoyment and because it aligns with our core beliefs and values.”
- “Through that journey, that mastery path towards personal growth and excellence, guess what happens? You become more valuable. And then guess what happens? You get paid more.”
- “Intrinsically motivated people, dentists, in this case, tend to set goals that are challenging but achievable, which helps build confidence and self-efficacy.”
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by [email protected] | Apr 12, 2023 | Prescriptions for your Practice
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Greetings, dental practice owners! I’m excited to talk to you about an important topic today. We all know that when our team doesn’t collaborate, it can lead to decreased productivity, poor patient experience, increased expenses, low morale, high turnover, and difficulty attracting and retaining new staff.
But what if I told you that there’s a solution to all these problems? It’s called group flow, and it’s the peak experience when a group is performing at its top level of ability. I’ve seen firsthand how it can lead to improved patient experience, increased productivity, higher job satisfaction, and enhanced creativity and innovation.
In this episode, I discuss the unfair advantages of creating group flow with your dental team.
- So if you want to learn ultra-valuable team-building lessons from improv comedians and The Beatles…
- If you want to create extreme employee performance improvements…
- If you want to unleash innovation and creativity so you can have the best culture of any business in town…
Tune in now!
Join me as we explore the possibilities and take your practice to the next level.
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:
- “If a dentist is able to orchestrate group flow in your practice, it has several benefits, several huge benefits.”
- “Group flow would be the creme de la creme. It’s the peak experience when a group is performing at its top level of ability.”
- “Nothing will inhibit collaboration and group flow opportunities more than defensiveness. And defensiveness, despite how it sounds, is not about protecting yourself. It’s a subconscious attempt to hide fears.”
- “Having a clear and specific goal is the key ingredient if you want group flow to occur. And so the practice owner and the team have to have a shared vision and a mission.”
- “No one is more important than the group as a whole.”
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by [email protected] | Feb 8, 2023 | Prescriptions for your Practice
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Many people working in dental don’t have the experience of working in a healthy team dynamic—and that’s a problem. If you don’t set high standards, you may stay stuck in the status quo—which, if you’ve experienced any customer service in the past couple of weeks, you know is getting worse.
Enhancing your skills as a dental team builder has never been more important.
- Doc, if you want to enjoy being around a productive, unified team…
- If you want to put an end to team turnover and feeling short-staffed…
- If you’re ready to embrace the experience economy so you can win at a game of practice ownership, tune in now!
Rate yourself honestly on these seven habits of high-performance dental teams, and devise a plan to do better in that area. It’s time to make a change!
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.
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Key Quotes:
- “The big competitive advantage right now is assembling and unifying a team.”
- “Your team understands the power of team building and they help you unify the team. If you try and go this alone, this is gonna be a high-resistance upward truck for you.”
- “You can have somebody on your team that’s hyper-focused on the patient experience because quite frankly, as you go about your day, you don’t have much time for that. But as the owner, you’ll likely need to be the employee experience officer. And it’s a valuable use of your time.”
- “You can’t fake compassion and you can’t fake connection. These have to be real things that your culture is all about and you reward it when you see it.”
- “Oftentimes we get so focused on productivity that we forget creativity. Productivity is getting it done, creativity is getting it right.”
- “You should hire and fire based on values.”
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