Challenges

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How Can You Vanquish the Villain of Staff Turnover?

2021-03-02T05:59:49-07:00 March 2nd, 2021|Categories: Office Challenges, Fully Functioning Team Plan, DISC and Hiring|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? Are you losing sleep wondering if another employee will walk into your office and announce, "I QUIT!" In our early years of having an orthodontic practice, we made mistake [...]

So What is the Big WHY?

2020-11-24T14:36:55-07:00 November 24th, 2020|Categories: Office Challenges|Tags: , , , |

As we begin to tackle our goal to have a Fully Functioning Team in our office and to overcome the Villain of Turnover, I think it is extremely valuable to look at the Big WHY. WHY should we give time and attention to learn how to put the Ideal Person in the Ideal Place? Does it [...]

Are there MORE Difficult Challenges to Staffing My Practice?

2020-12-26T23:28:52-07:00 November 23rd, 2020|Categories: Office Challenges|Tags: , |

I'm afraid I have to answer, "Yes!" In our 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 [...]

What is the Relentless Challenge We Share as Dental Professionals?

2020-11-20T17:24:17-07:00 November 20th, 2020|Categories: Office Challenges|Tags: , , |

  Regardless of how long we have been in practice, as dental professionals we have a constant, relentless challenge that demands to be dealt with... or else. In many ways, it is similar to being in a raft together, straining on our paddles as we plunge through the white-water rapids. Refusing to contend with this challenge [...]