Author: Chris Barrow

Chris Barrow has been active as a consultant, trainer and coach to the UK dental profession for over 20 years. As a writer, his blog enjoys a strong following and he is a regular contributor to the dental press. Naturally direct, assertive and determined, he has the ability to reach conclusions quickly, as well as the sharp reflexes and lightness of touch to innovate, change tack and push boundaries. In 2014 he appeared as a “castaway” in the first season of the popular reality TV show “The Island with Bear Grylls”. His main professional focus is as Coach Barrow, providing coaching and mentorship to independent dentistry.

The top 5 clinical courses I was chatting to a client last week about his development as a clinician. He has been immersed in business management for some time and now wants to invest some time and money in learning to be a better all-round dentist (with an emphasis on higher value treatments). So his
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Let’s explore the components that constitute CRM. Here is my list – what’s on yours?  – Delivering moments of truth that have a disproportionate effect  – Telephony  – Where you answer the phone  – How you answer the phone  – What your “brand standard” responses are to FAQs  – Reception  – Where you welcome patients  – How
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I am a dental hygienist with 15 years experience. I am an extremely dedicated clinician, a true believer in team work and have a great understanding of the business aspects within a modern, dynamic dental practice. With my experiences in all aspects of the profession I feel that I would be a great asset to
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Practice Plan: Supporting you with the CQC A guide to the application to be registered with the Care Quality Commission All providers of dental care will need to be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on 1st April 2011 in order to continue to practise legally.  In order for this to be guaranteed, those
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If you’re interested in goal-setting and time management software that can help to organise how you balance your professional and personal time, I suggest you take a look at Milestoneplanner. For more information visit www.milestoneplanner.com

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Thanks to my technology guru, Kim Black, for sharing this super article with me recently. This relates to the theme this week of time management and is well worth a read… Take a Bill Gates-Style “Think Week” to Recharge Your Thinking Entrepreneur and blogger Michael Karnjanaprakorn highlights the value of taking time off specifically to
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The theme for this week is time managment – a favourite subject for many of us! In a nutshell, this is all about balancing your professional and personal life. Here is a video about time management that I’ve recently recorded Here are some of the things we look at under this theme at the DBC:
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Last night I received a copy of an email newsletter article that contained a number of important factual inaccuracies, written by an anonymous and self-styled “marketing expert”. To set the record straight: Sainsbury do NOT have an in-store dental practice in Hale, Cheshire. They do in Sale, Manchester. I assume that is a simple typo,
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