Our November newsletter – published this morning – features a long-form article on how to make the best of the final 60 days of the year. On 1st November we all had 60 days until the end of the calendar year. If I may use a marathon as a metaphor here, on 1st November you
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Monday morning. The start of another week. Please take a moment to think and write down your answer to this question: “What would be the three things I can do this week, that would have the biggest IMPACT on my business and/or my life?” Write them down. Display prominently. Organise a week in which you
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ZEST excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm I’m grateful to Marnie Winyard, Business Development Manager at Cheltenham Dental Spa and Implant Clinic She used the word “zest” to describe the characteristics of the people who make things happen in every dental team and, in fact, in life. A four-letter word that embraces everything we are looking
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I received a WhatsApp message from a long-term friend Colin Lawson yesterday – he and I used to work together in financial services many years ago. Colin had been having a clear out and found a copy of my goals for 1997. A document printed by me on 22nd January 1997 (it was a Wednesday)
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The topic of leadership has been coming up recently in conversations with clients and at conferences and workshops. Sometimes it’s a straight question – “what are the characteristics of a good leader?” “How do I do that?” However, more often the questions are around a particular situation: I have a team member who has fallen
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Attached to this post is a free download of The Campbell Academy Education Programme 2020 (see below). A few weeks ago, Colin kindly promoted my workshop programme in his blog. Here, I reciprocate and suggest that The Campbell Academy has become one of the “go to” places, not just for those who want to develop
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Two items of news stand out for me this morning and give us a brief glimpse of a possible future in the delivery of dentistry. Item #1 – In my “Wired” e-shot I read: Amazon held its annual hardware showcase in Seattle this week, and WIRED was there to see all the new stuff. In
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Gina Vega is the founder of the City of London practice Bishopsgate Dental Care – winners of the National Team of the Year Award in the The Dental Awards 2019. Gina and her senior management team are clients in the 2019 Extreme Business Workshop Programme. Here she spends just 60 seconds talking about how, since
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My Facebook “friends” will know that today is day 8 of a 52-day detox. I’m focusing on nutrition (Paleo – because I know how to do that and enjoy it), on sleep (having read Matthew Walker’s “Why we sleep” during the summer) and on exercise via the WattBike (whilst my Achilles tendinopathy prevents me from
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Sometimes, it can be a good idea to remind ourselves of the obvious and then ask “how does the obvious happen?” There are three obvious things to aim for in your business: Clinical care; Customer service; Profits. What perhaps isn’t so obvious is how the best dental practices actually get there. I’ve noticed a significant
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