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The Responsibility for a Fully Functioning Team Falls on Our Shoulders

2023-04-03T16:28:29-06:00 April 4th, 2023|Categories: Fully Functioning Team Plan, Office Staffing, Office Responsibilities|Tags: , , |

As we talk about the goal to Minimize Turnover by developing a Fully Functioning Team, we need to talk briefly about the responsibility that is ours if we have staff working for us. This struck home for us early in our practice years, when it was just my orthodontist husband and me running the practice. (FYI [...]

Here is Your Fillable Workbook to Put Staff in Their Ideal Place

2023-03-27T20:15:53-06:00 March 28th, 2023|Categories: Office Staffing, DISC and Turnover, DISC Basics, DISC and Office Roles|Tags: , , , |

In most offices, one of the main goals is to Minimize Turnover. One of the keys to achieving this goal is to have each of your staff in their ideal role that fits their design. As I promised last week, I’ve attached the workbook that follows up on our last several blogposts. It includes the DISC [...]

How to Minimize Turnover – Put Your Staff in the Best Roles They are Designed to Do

2023-03-20T16:10:10-06:00 March 21st, 2023|Categories: Office Staffing, DISC and Turnover|Tags: , , , |

Last week, I shared the story of our high-energy, people-loving daughter who was losing her mind working alone in our lab, doing the repetitive task of picking bubbles off teeth models. Then in that blogpost, I explained the best DISC Style combinations for each role in the office. To read that blogpost, click here: “Please Don’t [...]

Please Don’t Make Me Go Back to That Annoying Frustrating Job Again!!

2023-03-13T19:35:34-06:00 March 14th, 2023|Categories: Office Staffing, DISC and Turnover, DISC Basics, DISC and Office Roles|Tags: , , , , |

Our 13-year-old daughter came into the kitchen one day announcing, “If I have to go back there again, I’m going to lose my mind!!” She wasn’t talking about going to school, or even to church, but about working in our orthodontic office! She has always been a high-energy person, thrives on having lots of plates spinning [...]

Would You Rather Patiently Focus on People or Design a System that Works?

2023-02-27T11:32:39-07:00 February 28th, 2023|Categories: Fully Functioning Team Plan, Office Staffing, DISC Basics, DISC and Office Roles|Tags: , , |

An essential Key to Minimizing Turnover is understanding how you, as well as each person you work with, are designed, then giving all of you the roles and responsibilities that fit that design. For over 30 years, we used the DISC System in our orthodontic office to accomplish this goal beautifully. Last week, we focused on [...]

No Need to Lose Your Mind – Welcome to Your Best Role in Our Office!

2023-02-13T12:26:46-07:00 February 14th, 2023|Categories: Office Staffing, DISC and Turnover, DISC Basics|Tags: , , |

Last week, I shared the story of our eldest losing her mind in our office. I also went over the basics of the DISC System.  This is the foundation and the Key for our process to Minimize Turnover. If you missed this blogpost and want to read it, just click here: “How Do You Keep Your [...]