Your strategy is the reason why your business exists. It is what you want to be known as the best for. Your tactics are the methods by which you intend to achieve your strategy. It is how you will do the thing you do. Your plan is the way you will deploy your tactics. It
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Yesterday’s blog post was a bit of doom and gloom, all about the recent reductions in consumer spending and a growing sense of panic on the hight street. Then along came the first interest rate rise in 10 years. It’s a good time to have low debt, to be liquid, to have some reserves and
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After 31 days of ColdTurkeyTober I can report an 8lb weight loss, 202 km of running completed and a general feeling of well-being that manifested itself in last Saturday’s Beachy Head Marathon – a run I enjoyed more than many in recent history. Looking back, I reached 87% of my target on nutrition and 81%
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In my last post I speculated on the inevitability of staff turnover and what to do about it. There are around 26 million British-born workers in the UK today, plus a further 5.4 million from overseas. It is estimated that around 5 million workers in the UK are now members of the “gig” economy –
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I’m frequently contacted by people who have products and services of relevance to my clients. For over 20+ years I have maintained a policy that I do not accept introducers fees or commissions – I simply broadcast and comment on good ideas. You put a lot of effort into your marketing to get new patients
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Your unique ability is the work that you get paid for and, more importantly, the work you love to do, because you are just brilliant when in that zone. For me that’s coaching, speaking, writing and creating content. For you that might be clinical dentistry or running a business (it’s rarely both). Anyone who knows
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So first hand eyes on the ground intel reports that attendance at a trade event is down, but certain events – like your practice plan talk – are very popular. How do you interpret this in the context of how the profession is changing? I remember a few years ago you predicted that in the
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What is it about conferences that you grab a relatively early night (22:30 lights out), having had no booze and a carb-free meal – then find yourself wide awake at 04:00? No – I’m neither depressed nor stressed about anything much nowadays. Perhaps a combination of relentless air-conditioning, the break in routine and the accumulated
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Certainly a great looking show, even if we have been relegated to Hall 3 as the members of The Motorhome and Caravan Show gather for the weekend. I suspect a higher level of attendance from the glampers than I do from the dental community. By the end of a relatively quiet day, some of the
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Yesterday the alarm was at 05:00 and after composing my blog I set off on a 10k run, blown along by the remnants of Ophelia past Newcastle Racecourse to Gosforth and back. Followed by a full day delivering the 3rd Practice Plan Workshop Tour with Sheila Scott. As an aside…….. 17 practices is attendance. Here
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