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Six Pitfalls that are Critically Important to Avoid When Hiring

2023-05-15T10:03:06-06:00 May 16th, 2023|Categories: Office Staffing, Office Challenges, DISC and Hiring|Tags: , , , |

In the process of finding a Great Hire, it is actually possible to do all the Advanced Preparation, Design an Ad that is exactly on point, Conduct the Interviews in a wise and excellent way, and still end up FALLING INTO A TRAP! Then instead of having the ideal person for your new staff, you have [...]

The Interviews – The Essential Culminating Key to a Successful Hire

2023-05-08T16:45:08-06:00 May 9th, 2023|Categories: Office Staffing, DISC and Hiring|Tags: , , |

In pursuing our pervasive goal to Minimize Turnover, we are discussing the “Best Hiring Process” that we developed in our 30+ years of having an orthodontic practice. So far, we have covered the essential step of Advanced Preparation (see “Advanced Preparation - One of the Keys to a Successful Hire”). Then last week, we described how [...]

Design Your Best Ad – The Next Critical Key to a Successful Hire

2023-05-02T12:34:36-06:00 May 2nd, 2023|Categories: Office Staffing, DISC and Turnover, Fully Functioning Team Plan, DISC and Hiring|Tags: , , , |

In our goal to Minimize Turnover, we are looking at the Best Hiring Process that we developed over 30 years in our orthodontic practice. I cannot say enough about the difference it made to use this clear step-by-step process that resulted in having staff who were in the roles they were best designed to do. The [...]

Are You Guilty of Making These Common Assumptions About Your Staff?

2023-04-10T17:07:11-06:00 April 11th, 2023|Categories: Office Staffing, DISC and Turnover, Office Responsibilities, Office Challenges, DISC and Office Roles, DISC and Hiring|Tags: , , , , , |

Can our assumptions have a powerful impact on Minimizing Turnover? Indeed, YES! Last week, we talked about the weight of responsibility we have to place our staff in their best roles in the office. This week, I want to touch on several assumptions we tend to make in that regard and how these assumptions especially affect [...]

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 [...]