In a recent interview with the Oral Health Group, Dr. Les Rykiss (Linden Market Dental Centre) and Shawn Peers (Peers Dental) shared their best tips on how old and new dentists can better manage and strategize for their dental practices. In this two-part series, they shed insights on what’s up-and-coming in dentistry, how dentists can … Read more
Let’s be totally honest, you are the CEO of your practice. Perhaps you are a reluctant CEO, as I recently heard one speaker describe it. But you are the CEO! And great CEOs understand they cannot do it all alone. They need a team to help them. For the last five months, my blogs have … Read more
O, Canada, how we have grown with small- and mid-sized businesses! As per the BDC, organizations with 99 or fewer employees account for 98% of businesses in our country. Almost 750,000 fellow entrepreneurs reportedly contribute 52% of our GDP. Taking an even deeper dive, dentists account for upwards of 24,000 of those sector-specific professionals. One … Read more
Welcome to the last category of management tasks that we will consider for delegation. Over the last 4 months, we have looked at how to delegate tasks in a way that ensures there is ongoing accountability. This is critical to your role as CEO as without that accountability you can never feel confident that you … Read more
Good news! We are coming close to the end of our series of blogs on creating accountability through delegation. Today, we will discuss the second last category I have for you. And after that, I will close it out with a few final comments. Last month, we took our CEO minds to those tasks where … Read more
We are on a roll with the delegation train and there is no reason to let that engine cool down just yet! In moving that train forward, I would like to address one of the biggest challenges I see dentists face on the issue of delegation. That issue is the sense of a loss of … Read more
Shawn Peers, President of DentalPeers, shares the benefits of why you should embrace and empower secondary leadership at your organization. Subscribe to Oral Health’s weekly e-newsletter to have the latest episode delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Let’s keep the idea of delegation going this month! Great CEOs recognize the importance of developing their leadership team and that means more than simply giving them a title. It means truly assigning those team members responsibility for some of the most important tasks in your office! Last month, we created a category for those … Read more
Shawn Peers, President of DentalPeers, shares how you can be a great leader at your dental practice! Subscribe to Oral Health’s weekly e-newsletter to have the latest episode delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Congratulations! You have stepped into the world of the great CEOs and committed to delegating some tasks to your manager (see last months blog)! Now you have to consider: Delegation is not about surrendering control of your business. It is about gaining control! It is about allowing you to steer the ship while ensuring your … Read more
Have you ever noticed how the fast-paced world of modern healthcare demands something more from its managers? It’s not enough to simply manage tasks; the time has come for these professionals to evolve into great leaders who can inspire, motivate, and empower their teams. By embracing the powers of empathy, innovation, and community-building, individuals can … Read more
In last month’s journey to developing your inner-CEO, we referenced the importance of working with a leadership team. Working more efficiently will mean delegating some managerial tasks to members of that team. Before considering which tasks you should delegate, I want to address one of the greatest obstacles I see to the effective operation of … Read more
“Leadership is an invisible strand as mysterious as it is powerful… It pulls, and it bonds. It is a catalyst that creates unity out of disorder. Yet, it defies the definition. No combination of talents can guarantee it. No process or training can create it where the spark does not exist. The qualities of leadership … Read more
Last month, we discussed how the perfectionist mindset many dentists have can be a barrier to their willingness to delegate certain tasks to team members. These dentists either wind up doing too much work themselves or micromanaging team members to the point of frustration. Neither approach is helpful to build long term success. Today, I … Read more
One of the greatest challenges ALL small business owners face is recognizing what tasks they should do themselves and what tasks they can delegate to team members. Letting go of responsibility is hard – but it is also essential! CEOs recognize that even the smallest of businesses have so many moving parts, all crying out … Read more
In the wake of the pandemic’s worst days and as worker burnout continues to impact the healthcare space, employee retention and turnover in dental service organizations (DSOs) and group practices remains a significant challenge. To ensure that its leadership team is doing all it can to maintain a thriving work environment for its staff and … Read more
In this episode of Weekly Wisdom, Karen Ergus discusses the importance of making a positive attitude in your work environment. Subscribe to Oral Health’s weekly e-newsletter to have the latest episode delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Even the best of us can lose our way in all the noise and hubbub of the day-to-day stresses. Establishing a code of commitments for the practice will help the entire team keep on track – even in stressful situations when the wheels fall off. A code of commitments is about having a preplanned game … Read more
Recently, I watched a crew team practice at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, FL. As I watched the team glide effortlessly across the lake, I made three observations. First, I noticed their boat. It had a beautiful wood interior; the outside was shiny and spotless. Next, I noticed the leadership of the coxswain and how … Read more
New Program Aims to Develop Future Leaders for the Profession Recognizing that dentistry and oral health face challenges and opportunities that will require exceptional leadership as we move forward in the 21st century, New York University College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry) is prioritizing the development of DDS students to become future leaders for the profession. … Read more