Let’s Celebrate Our Dental Hygienists This Week
Dental hygienists are experts, leaders, health advocates, and influencers who contribute significantly to the success of our dental practices.
Category: Team Building
Dental Leadership is a Team Sport
Great leaders reduce team turnover by UP-skilling AND RE-skilling team members. When everyone’s voice is heard and valued we are inspired
to go beyond what is expected of us!
Communicating Confidence with Team Members and Patients
Every dental team member deserves a fulfilling career in a highly functional dental practice, customized generational appreciation, and strategically developed intra-team and intra-department communications. These are necessary to make their career easy and enjoyable every day.
Principles of Building Team Wellness and Patient Relationships
Relationships are the bridges that lead us to success and build trust and loyalty. We must have high-quality communication first, followed by our technical excellence for patients to understand their needs.
Is it Possible to Change Habits While Under Stress?
What does it take to initiate behavior change, particularly when under stress?
Intentional, collaborative system development that influences the success of a dental practices.
What Do Eating Pancakes and Shoveling Snow Have in Common?
If you had done either of these activities with my father, you would know the answer is “Systems”. Growing up in a small suburb of Scranton PA, with a Pennsylvanian Dutch dad, we learned...
We Got Engaged: Now We Are Deeply Committed!
Two activities for your dental practice to improve team engagement.
Disruption Offers Opportunities: Try Productive Reflection
How to Practice Productive Reflection.
Make a list of positive, neutral, and areas for improvement that occurred in your practice / team in the first half of the year.
How To Focus on the Freedom of Emotional Safety
Emotional Safety relates to an individuals’ perceptions of the consequences of taking interpersonal risks.
How to Focus on Emotional Safety
Are you Soaring, Coasting, or Diving to implement emotional safety in your practice?
Are You Practicing Digital Compassion?
Digital Compassion =
Connecting with your patient community on several platforms with a variety of messages that emphasize empathy and compassion.
Happy Dental Assistants Recognition Week
Let’s celebrate Dental Assistants and the super powers they bring to our dental practices!
Value Trumps Worth
iRONMAN Communication Tip Are you hiring employees, purchasing office equipment / supplies, or updating technology based on the price rather than the value it will add to you practice? If the answer is yes,...
Dental Team Rewards and Recognition
What would happen if we rewarded people, and expressed our appreciation regularly?
Chatter Matters: Using Intentional Vocabulary to Increase Engagement
The way we communicate to one and all, Can make or break a 1:1, a meeting or even a call. Be thoughtful when selecting certain words and phrases…choosing the ones that can pay, Or...