As we look at the roles in our orthodontic office, it holds true for any business. Each role requires different strengths and temperaments to best function there. I’m so thankful we are all created uniquely, but tend to be a combination of the four DISC Styles, so it is a helpful tool to use to place [...]
Just thinking about our Operatory Staff over our 30+ years of practicing orthodontics makes me smile. They did the bulk of the work on our patients, and put up with a long, packed schedule each day. So we learned the best combination of the DISC Styles to have represented in that delightful group of hard workers. [...]
It is fascinating to use our understanding of the DISC Styles to put together what the best combination would be for each role in an office. Over the 30 years of our orthodontic practice, we did this consistently, resulting in happy, satisfied staff and very little turnover. Last week, we looked at the DISC Style combination [...]
Has most of your hiring process, or finding a job process, involved this: Someone is needed to do Job A (or you want to do Job A). A generic ad is put in the paper for Help Needed. The response is often overwhelming – so many people looking for a job. You read over the resumes. [...]
We’ve spent the last few weeks looking at each DISC Style and what would be their best kind of job. In actuality, only 4% of us are one main DISC Style. Most of us are a combination of 2 or 3 Styles. One Style is usually still the strongest, but the combination is an important part [...]
A couple weeks ago, I shared the story of our high-energy, people-focused teen daughter’s first experience working in our orthodontic office. We had put her in the far back lab area, seated in a cubicle, picking bubbles off of models of teeth, hour after hour. She was certain she was going to lose her mind! Much [...]
