Would you believe that the way you prefer to put together a piece of IKEA furniture can reveal your DISC Style? And also can reveal how you prefer to accomplish a task? Special thanks to Extended DISC, Inc., for this example... which I find fascinating. I am a BIG fan of IKEA, but my children who [...]
Let's take the first steps of making this the year you minimize turnover, hire the ideal people, put them in their ideal places, and have a Fully Functioning Team! Each of these facets requires a basic understanding of DISC Styles in the Tried-and-True System I'm going to share with you in future blog posts. In our orthodontic [...]
The Goal - to get from "AAAUUUGGGHHH" to "Ahhhhhh". But when it comes to stress, we all "erase" it in different ways. Before I learned these insights, whenever I was stressed, my tactic was to keep pushing through... don't stop... don't quit... make progress. But I found it only exacerbated the stress and complicated the issues [...]
First, let me say emphatically that I DELIGHT in Christmas! But between our relentless COVID-19 foe and our often-unrealistic expectations of Christmas, there seems to be an inordinate amount of stress in people's lives this year. Just check in with FaceBook or Twitter to see strong emotions and frustrations spilling out of folks everywhere! I know [...]
Last week, I introduced just the tip of the iceberg regarding the DISC Styles. Let's get to know these Styles a bit better this week. I think we would all agree - each person is unique. But somehow when it comes to hiring and placing people in our staff positions in our office, we think if [...]
My first three blogposts focused on the challenges we face as dental professionals regarding staffing our practices. Now I want to start answering the questions I posed. If there is One Magic Key to dealing with hiring and turnover and creating teams who want to stay for the long haul, what is that Key and what does [...]
