When you are in trouble……

When the proverbial hits the fan. When the crisis explodes. When the unexpected rocks your boat. When you don’t think you can see any way out of the maze. When the mountain looks to high to climb. When the support suddenly drops away. When you are alone and afraid. When you have crashed. You are
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The Business of Being Social

The Business of Being Social: A Practical Guide to Harnessing the Power of Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin & YouTube for All Businesses by Michelle Carvill My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’m keen to recommend this book to any of my clients who want (for themselves or team members) a comprehensive introduction to the world of
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Practice valuations rising – good or bad news?

I took a phone call earlier this week from a friend who owns 5 practices scattered around some of the major cities in the UK. He told me he was thinking of buying 3 NHS practices in a remote area of England – and did I know anything about the areas (so remote that I
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The lab that doubled

I’m looking for a dental laboratory that wants to double profits in the next 5 years. We are steadily recruiting members for The Twenty – my new group of top coaching clients (see previous blog post) and stated at the outset that I was looking for one lab to be part of the group. The
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Is the summer bad for business?

The sun comes out, Murray wins Wimbledon and the BBQ smoke wafts over Britain. In spite of Alex Salmond’s slam-dunk as pillock of the year, the nation is as euphoric as 12 months ago. Time now for open air rock, classical and revival concerts, lighter evenings, kids home and holidays! But where does that leave
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Making the best use of the web in the fibre-based broadband world

My Sky Fibre Broadband arrived a few weeks ago – and after some teething troubles and a £70.00 self-connected booster pack, my web speeds in The Bunker are now epic. Thank goodness also that so many of the cafe bars in Hale village (and around the UK and Ireland) offer fast internet access. Equal congratulations
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The Twenty

A very good Monday morning and welcome to July 2013! This is one of the most important articles you will read this year – it has the capacity to accelerate your business growth more than any other decision you will make. I’m announcing from 1st September 2013, the expansion of an elite community of Chris
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Meet Dr. Caveman

Guest post: (I’m posting this not because somebody somewhere needs to sell you a book, DVD, programme or nutritional supplement – there IS NO SALES PITCH – it is just interesting – and, of course, it was Roy who persuaded me to start Paleo nutrition last September) Dr Roy Bennett  BDS MGFDP(UK) DipDentSci DipFOD Partner
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On the flight deck

I’ve used the “flying” metaphor before in posts and infographics – with “dental” jobs for the pilot, co-pilot, navigator and crew. On a modern flight deck we mortals see a bewildering array of information that helps the crew take off, stay up in the air, stay on course, respond to change and land safely. Historically,
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