There is something very therapeutic about having a good clear-out. Over the weekend, we vacated the ground floor (lounge and dining room with connecting french windows) in preparation for Phil The Decorator, who will be arriving at 08:00 this morning. It’s effectively going to be a lick of paint, as you might say. There will
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I’m leaving home at 09:00 this morning to meet Ashley Latter at Manchester’s Piccadilly station and begin our train journey to Penzance, Cornwall. We’ll be joined by Les Jones in Birmingham and then will meet Sheila Scott and Simon Tucker down at St Just, Cornwall this evening. Tomorrow morning at Lands End it begins and
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Confidence isn’t a state of mind that one acquires after becoming successful. Confidence is a verb – it’s a behaviour that we have to get up and do every day, no matter how we really feel, IN ORDER TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL. The phrase “fake it until you make it” doesn’t apply where your own safety
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Here’s what you can train people to do: Technique So if you want me to train your people – that’s fine – just tell me what technique you want them to master and I’ll show up – or I’ll refer you to a master-trainer in any areas I don’t cover. (I train people to become
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Today I’m just alongside Dublin Airport, working with 8 ortho practices on their 2019 marketing plans. I’ll be focusing on internal marketing via word of mouth and digital recommendation. I’ll be showcasing real-life examples from my client base and sharing success stories. One case study is worth a thousand words of theory. Just like one
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“One of the talents of the late great Steve Jobs is that he knew how to design Medusa-like products. While every Mac model has had flaws (some more than others), most of them have had a sexiness and a design sensibility that has turned many consumers into instant converts. Mac owners upgrade far more often
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I’ve been thinking recently about and observing how teams collaborate. You’ve heard me say many times that “all problems exist in the absence of a good conversation”. In a dental team, that conversation is now more often digital than face to face. Is that a benefit or a curse? That choice is yours. However, based
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It fascinates me that scientists have announced the discovery of 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter, bringing the total of satellites around the gas giant to a stunning 79! Even more amazing is that, although some of the moons travel together in the same direction as the spin of the planet (prograde) and others together in
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My weekly Bunker Day was switched to Tuesday this week, to accommodate Monday’s London workshop. Here’s a record of just one day’s conversations: with a Millennial married dental couple who want to buy a parent’s long-established practice; with a Practice Manager who wants to set up her own freelance compliance and consultancy business; with a
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Those are the terms that appear to be on offer as Mydentist head-hunt your associates. Back in 2008, when I was Director of Private Sector Development for IDH, they were actively buying practices and recruiting dentists from the EU. Now they are selling/closing practices and inducing dentists from the UK with terms that any of
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