Committment + Perseverance + Courage = Success

How proud I am of my daughter, Amy, and her friend Beca who completed a triathalon yesterday!  Like everything else we all want in life, it took committment, perseverance and courage!  Using this philosophy in dental practice makes all your dreams come true .  Whether you are the dentist or an employee, success does not come [...]

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Empower your dental hygienists and truly value them!

 I recently consulted with a dentist who just could not understand why his dental hygienists got upset when he rejected their request for more time in their schedule with certain patients for a variety of reasons – the patient is disabled and has problems getting in and out of the chair, the patient gags frequently, [...]

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Confront your Employees about their Job Performance

So many of my dentist/clients are so fearful about telling employees the truth about their job performance. It amazes me how such intelligent highly-educated individuals could think that employees could read their minds! Perhaps the dentists can’t deal with the idea that the employee could cry from hearing the truth. I consulted with a group [...]

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