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Adult S-Style and Child D-Style: You are in for a Wild Ride!

2024-11-18T14:12:07-07:00 November 19th, 2024|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics|Tags: , , , |

We have been looking at the various DISC Style Combinations between Adults and Children. If you want to review any of the previous blogposts, just click here for the Blog section of my website. This week, the combination we will discuss is the High S-Style Adult with the High D-Style Child. High D-Style children have been [...]

What is Your Next Best Step After Your Staff is Hired? Communication!

2023-05-16T05:09:20-06:00 May 23rd, 2023|Categories: Office Staffing, DISC and Communication|Tags: , , |

Congratulations! You have hired your team. They are all in their ideal places in your office. But now what? How do you keep these excellent people onboard for the long haul? Much of meeting this goal boils down to communication and motivation. Not surprisingly, the DISC System can again give us tremendous insight. In our family, [...]

Six Pitfalls that are Critically Important to Avoid When Hiring

2023-05-15T10:03:06-06:00 May 16th, 2023|Categories: Office Challenges, Office Staffing, 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 [...]

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

2023-04-10T17:07:11-06:00 April 11th, 2023|Categories: DISC and Turnover, Office Responsibilities, Office Challenges, Office Staffing, 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 [...]

Are There More Challenges to Office Staffing Besides the Villain of Turnover?

2023-02-12T14:58:07-07:00 January 31st, 2023|Categories: Office Challenges, Office Staffing, DISC and Turnover|Tags: , , |

I’m afraid I have to answer, “Yes!” In this world of needing staff, there are several more critical questions to figure out how to answer. When my husband went through orthodontic school, he got an outstanding education in technical training by some of the best instructors in the country. Then because we had friends who were [...]

Is There Hope to Deal with the Villain of Office Turnover?

2023-02-12T14:58:30-07:00 January 24th, 2023|Categories: Office Challenges, DISC and Turnover|Tags: , |

Is turnover a constant hassle in your office, costing you stress, time and too much expense? Is the looming challenge of yet another hiring process keeping you awake at night? Do you struggle to fit your staff into the best roles in your office? In our early years of having an orthodontic practice, we made mistake [...]