When I first began coaching dentists in the mid-90’s I knew absolutely nothing about the business of dentistry.   What I DID know about was: 1. the personal development movement   I had read Covey’s “7 habits” in the early 80’s and was galvanised into sorting out my own life – and then helping others
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Yesterday’s announcement by BUPA that they intend to open an extra 50 private practices in locations where white collar workers are located (and with late opening hours) is yet another indication of: 1. the growth in private market share predicted by Laing and Buisson and used as evidence for regulation by the OFT and 2. the
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INSTITUTE OF HYPNOTHERAPY FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL PRACTICE The IHMDP is running courses for dental professionals in dental hypnosis Dental Hypnosis 1:  Technical Foundations     16th October 2012 – Central London Dental Hypnosis 2:  Applied Clinical Skills        17th October 2012 – Central London Technical Foundations Course (1 Day) This course can be
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Monday we greeted Al and Brenda Kwong Hing, just in from a trip to Copenhagen, via Paris (!) and attending our weekly management meeting.   Normally, this is very inward focused, reviewing our task lists, pipeline and relationships. But today was an opportunity to meet with some important external players in the future development of
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It was a fun weekend, if not climatologically challenging. The rain poured and poured on Saturday night but that Dunkirk spirit prevailed and we sat in full thermal gear around a wood fire and waited until the BBQ was glowing before adding the beef burgers and sausages. We may be crap at football but us
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On Friday the 15th of June 2012, Dental Angels Recruitment went online. The site is an online jobs board specifically tailored to the Dental industry. It uses Twitter, Facebook , its own database, and SEO to match the right people to the right jobs. There were a solid number of people who attended the party
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How does your practice truly measure against some industry benchmarks? Would you like to know?   Well, grab a cup of your favourite hot beverage, settle down where you can really focus and truly concentrate … and then take the newly launched BKH Business Barometer.  This survey will challenge every aspect of your business with
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  $40,000 in three hours.   That’s how long it took Seth Godin to generate the funding for his next writing project on Kickstarters.   And the activity continued… just a few moments ago (07:49 Tuesday)   This worked because: he has spent years creating value he talks straight – no fluff its a simple
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Charlie Fox makes a good point in commenting on my recent blog post

Part of my job is to comment on what I see.   Here is what I see: small to medium-sized treatment plans being postponed due to cash flow issues maintenance and hygiene books getting gappy again continued strong sales of cosmetic ortho, implants and denture stabilisation patients keeping their disposable income in their pockets patients
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