Dental Practice Overhead Breakdown
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Waiting is Waste
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Hire Slow, Fire Fast
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text][dropcap]E[/dropcap]ffective team members make a huge difference in the practice since your practice is a service business. Bad hiring decisions often lead to messy firings – or worse, not firing and allowing a bad team member to […]
Coaching Your Team Members
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Too Much Management, Too Little Leadership
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Marketing Your Dental Practice is Not the Same as Advertising
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Daily Huddles – The 10/480 Rule
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Welcome to the Elevate Blog
[cs_section style=”margin: 0px; padding: 45px 0px; “][cs_row style=”margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; ” inner_container=”true”][cs_column style=”padding: 0px; ” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″][cs_text]Welcome! In this blog you can expect high-quality content written by experts in the business of dentistry. We have been working in practices with team members for years and have learned many things the hard […]
