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.

Whether you need a receptionist, a nurse, a manager or new clinicians, the old recruitment rules are dead Next time you are hiring: Step 1 – write a brief recruitment advert and email it to me – I will run that on my Facebook profile – I’m 2 degrees of separation from 750,000 people. Then repeat
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Henry Schein’s 6th Digital Symposium will be taking place on Friday this week in London and the host/speakers will be extolling the virtues of dazzling innovations in manufacturing, production and supply that have taken place in the last 12 months. I wanted to add my own two-penny worth to this conversation after a recent meeting
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Imagine an X-Factor for business start-up hopefuls. Twice a year, 100 applicants are picked from over 5,500 who apply each year – the “lucky” 200 having the opportunity to attend a gruelling select process, during which they are expected to find a business partner from amongst the other applicants and jointly come up with an
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A frequently heard lament from Principals is: I’m drowning in routine maintenance and don’t have the time to focus on higher value treatments. In any event, there is no way that the patients will agree to see another dentist – they have been seeing me for years and will kick up a fuss if I
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A fascinating dinner in Harpenden last night with European and UK Audiologist of the Year, Robert Bieny, founder of Hearing Healthcare Practice. In his 5th decade of serving patients, Robert has that calmness and wisdom of experience that has me mentally noting the individual phrases he uses in answer to my many questions. I’ve been
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I had already decided to create a blog post about the changing relationship between clinicians and patients, when I returned to my Cotswold B&B last night and read the following extract from Colin Campbell’s excellent blog: The difficulty we have in our practice is that we continue to treat patients as though they were patients
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Frankly, I’d be there whatever the date, location or weather but to be asked to speak at this first conference is a very special honour, especially considering the company I’ll be keeping on stage. This has got to be the best £15 for 5 hours CPD that you could invest in this year: Prof David
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