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.

Another webinar completed

Working until 11.00pm local time again last night with a group of coaches from North America, the UK and Germany. Yesterday’s webinar covered our “coaching pie” – the various ways in which we deliver coaching to our clients. I shared with those attending my professional evolution – from 1994, 8 clients, a flip-chart and me
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Creating a passive revenue product

Busy day today. I wrote my two ezines first thing this morning – a little later than usual because of my weekend travels and yesterday’s webinar. After some professional niff naff and trivia I then welcomed Guy Levine to my Manchester apartment along with his fantastic equipment pack – and we turned my place into
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Team again

Well I completed the Duchy 20-miler in 3 hours and 18 minutes – not bad for a 51-year old who hasn’t been training well for a year. It was a pretty cold and grey day in Cornwall but thankfully the wind on the North Cornwall cliffs was down to a murmur and the views across
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Traveling man

Sorry – been traveling this week. Exeter on Thursday for a great Dental Business School board meeting with Barbara and Simon. The business is really healthy. Today I have been on a business development day and catching up with some client emails before the weekend. Sunday I will be running in the Duchy 20 –
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The best laid plans and Murphy’s Law

So there we are, launching the world’s first practice management webinar for coaches to 2000 ezine readers last Friday. And the people who run the shopping cart facility don’t tell us that their systems will be down over the weekend. Result? Small bouts of chaos and confusion and yours truly incandescent with frustration. Its now
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The world’s first global practice management webinar for coaches

After spending the weekend off-line and driving from Como, Italy to Manchester, England – I arrived home this afternoon to a plethora of emails from potential webinar attendees having difficulty registering through our shopping basket. If you clear out the cookies on your PC the system should work OK – Team CB have tested it
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A busy and exciting week comes to close

I just want to say how much I’ve enjoyed this week professionally. Its been physically demanding with lots to do and two late nights on call-in and bridge duty – but this is one of those weeks where I think Team CB and suppliers have all performed out of sight and I thank you for
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and now – from the coach – a contradiction!

OK – so I ended yesterday’s blog by announcing myself as the anti-preparation coach. And it occurred to me that I just spent the whole afternoon revising and updating my “Quarter 2 workshop” PowerPoint slides for The Dental Business School. Yes – I did it myself – loaded a funky new background from www.presentationpro.com, changed
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I’m back and pinging

I’m sleeping again – probably because all problems exist in the absence of a good conversation and I’ve had some good conversations (with myself and others) in the last few days. Rome was a crowded (in February!), shabby tourist city with some of the most amazing art, architecture and archeology I have ever seen. Contrast
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More insomnia

Another sleepless night. This morning I am driving to Rome for a 4-day break so lets hope that breaks the habit of “not sleeping”. I may blog if the fancy takes me but officially, I’ll be back next Monday.

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