Interesting little story that you can read here:The practice in question is just a few miles from where I live but not one of our clients.Â
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.
I want to take the unusual step of reproducing a comment from my good friend Sital Ruparelia – which speaks for itself and introduces a really good idea. Chris, A few weeks back, I received some great service in a Pizza Hut – (which is pretty rare!) I made point of thanking the waitress in question her
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How many times do I have to remind myself that a heartfelt “thank you” is often worth more then all the money imaginable (or applause for that matter). A dental business manager emailed yesterday with a long question – but prefaced with the following observation on my recent ezine article about “making a difference”. I
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How many times do I have to remind myself that a heartfelt “thank you” is often worth more then all the money imaginable (or applause for that matter). A dental business manager emailed yesterday with a long question – but prefaced with the following observation on my recent ezine article about “making a difference”. I
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Ever informed – Wired magazine published an interesting article today.You can read it - click here. Â
Before I start – it’s 1st April and I have no pranks planned – but I am congratulating myself this morning because it’s a year today that I became a non-smoker- well done me. To the point. I love the marketing that the makers of the Mini-Clubman are doing in the USA. You can see
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and because it amuses me, here sit at my apartment in Manchester, where I’ll be working for the next few days.
It’s just after 5.00pm on Friday and writing this post will be my last professional duty before I switch off and prepare for a glass of wine and a nice meal. My working week has mostly revolved around my desk in Falmouth (as you can see, I’m a neat freak). Its been a week of
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bonus-calculator.xls This is a simple but effective little spreadsheet for you to download and play with. In the practice who use it, profits are calculated monthly and then distributed to all salaried staff in the same proportion that their individual salary bears to the overall payroll cost. This means that everybody is getting the same
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David Horobin at Chapel Road Orthodontics in Bexleyheath has created a job advert as part of his web site.  Click here  David writes: it’s fed by an entry in the Blog and can also be indicated from a job advert in the local press  Dental Design did the design and I modify
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