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How to Vanquish the Villain of Turnover This Year!

2023-02-12T14:58:57-07:00 January 17th, 2023|Categories: Orthodontic Profession, New Year, DISC and Turnover, Office Challenges|Tags: , , |

Would you like to make 2023 the year when you Vanquish the Villain of Turnover in your office? I’m excited to share the keys and the process we used in our office for over thirty years that resulted in long-term staff who were fulfilled in their roles and committed to staying in our practice over time. [...]

2023 – The Year to Minimize Turnover in Your Office

2023-02-12T14:59:24-07:00 January 10th, 2023|Categories: Orthodontic Profession, DISC and Turnover, DISC and Hiring|Tags: , , |

As I shared last week, it has been a most unusual start to the New Year - a once-in-a-lifetime start without our Patriarch at the helm. But I am looking forward to writing another year of blogposts and emails. As a reminder, both to you and to me, my goal is “to publish a blogpost once [...]

A Most Unusual New Year as I Say Goodbye for Now to my Dad

2023-01-04T06:56:50-07:00 January 3rd, 2023|Categories: New Year|Tags: , |

I’ve been sitting quietly by my dear Daddy’s bedside as he transitions from this life to the next. Singing to him, praying over him, sharing my thanks and love. It has been a good time to reflect on his 98 years and the amazing and delightful growing-up life he and Mom provided for me and my [...]

Joy to the World – It’s Christmas Month!

2022-12-12T21:39:07-07:00 December 13th, 2022|Categories: Christmas, DISC and Self-Renewal|Tags: , |

It’s been quite a year for me - health challenges and then a great resolution of those challenges as I diligently followed the Whole30 Program. It was amazing to see the dizziness difficulties disappear. I also loved writing the blogposts on the DISC Adult to Child and Adult to Teen Series, sharing the Strengths, Struggles and [...]

How a Systems-Focused Adult can Best Relate with a Detail-Loving Teen

2022-12-05T19:53:09-07:00 December 6th, 2022|Categories: Adult to Teen, DISC Basics, DISC and Communication|Tags: , , , , |

Have you ever had or worked with a Teen or an Adult who was absolutely fascinated with details and completely focused on the system to use to apply those details? As we finish the Adult to Teen DISC Series this week, the combination we will discuss is the High C-Style Adult and the High C-Style Teen. [...]

How a Detail-Loving Adult can Best Relate With a Tender-Hearted Teen

2022-11-28T16:33:12-07:00 November 29th, 2022|Categories: Adult to Teen, DISC Basics, DISC and Communication|Tags: , , , , , |

Have you ever had a teen who was so tenderhearted that just “the look” would bring them to tears? Or perhaps this teen was a patient who completely shut down and got very quiet under a reprimand that they needed to do a much better job of wearing their headgear or elastics? As we go through [...]