130. Tips For Creating A World Class Dental Practice Team With Dr Les Jabbour

     In this episode, I’m joined by Dr Les Jabbour, owner of Define Dental on the Gold Coast. We discuss his lessons transitioning into dental practice ownership, his tips for building a world class team and more. Les had his heart set on being a dentist as a child. Les visited Surfers Paradise Dental […]

129. Design Your Practice To Run Itself with Mike Michalowicz

     In this episode, I’m speaking to Mike Michalowicz, author of many books including Profit First about how to design a business that runs itself. By his 35th birthday Mike had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became an angel investor… and proceeded to […]

3 Proven Psychology Techniques Dentists Can Use to Retain Patients

Psychology is the study of behaviour. It helps inform us of why we make the choices we make. When we have a little insight into psychology, it can help us set up situations that are beneficial to our patients and to our bottom line. In short, it can be a game changer. As clinicians, we can […]

What New Dentists Should Do Now to Retire Later

We are undergoing a lot of turbulence. There’s a lot of upheaval in the dental profession and healthcare overall. It’s being consolidated. There’s lots of big money that has found medicine and dentistry. They can source capital and just come on like gangbusters and consolidate practices, add marketing, expand hours, and then hire young dentists […]

120. Plan B For Dentists At All Stages In Their Career with Dr David Phelps

     In this episode, I’m joined by Dr David Phelps who specialises in plan B and exit strategies for dentists. We discuss strategies for all career stages: early, mid and late.There are options to suit just about everyone. Dr David Phelps has been a general dentist business owner 27 years. He specialises in operations, […]

5 Keys to Making the Gear Change from Self-Employed to Business Owner

Something I hear brought up a lot in the dental world lately is the idea of creating a “true business”. I’m all for that. Let’s dive in… The Three Kinds of Dental Practices I really see three kinds of practices that come across my path. The first is a start-up practice still in its infancy. […]

119. 5 Keys to Transition to True Business Ownership

     When we transition from dental practitioner to dental practice owner, quite often we just create a job for ourselves. Our business ends up being key-person dependent and depends on us to keep the whole thing running. However, that’s usually not the future we dreamed of when we bought or started our practice. We […]

Top 7 Secrets to Being the Best Practice Leader Possible

I like to remind my clients that people are not born leaders. And that great leadership skills are learned – which is the good news, but how do we know what makes a great leader? And for those of us already leading, how do we avoid getting stuck in the rut of managing instead of […]

108. How to deliver WOW and grow your practice with Dr Anissa Holmes

     In a growing and competitive dental market, how can we as practice owners create business that not only survive but also thrive? In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Anissa Holmes, a dentist, business acceleration coach, social media strategist and best selling author. She shares her insights on how she has created a […]