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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Last week, I promised a helpful way to discern your highest strengths - by discussing how each Style prefers to put together IKEA furniture. I have found this gives people practical examples they can quickly identify with to gain more insight into how they are designed. So are you an IKEA fan? My children who live [...]
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 [...]
