How do I manage to keep on writing a weekly ezine, daily blog and now create a weekly podcast – where do I find the material and how did I get to be a writer? As far as material is concerned – that’s really easy – I just go out of my front door and
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Back after a week’s breather, this morning I am in Reading, Berkshire and delivering a one-day workshop to a small group of coaches, one of whom is traveling over from Germany and another from Ireland – that’s commitment. My intention will be to help them deconstruct and reconstruct their practices in a non-judgmental environment with
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An audience of around 400 hygienists at their annual conference in Bournemouth – and CB presenting on the subject of “teamwork”. This group were unusual in that the majority were not “decision makers” in a business sense because they work in practices owned by dentists, so I guess my presentation was intended to enroll them
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Yesterday I visited Glasgow and presented our “8 key strategies” to an invited audience of Isoplan clients. Isoplan provide dental payment schemes and, although based in Scotland, are gradually extending their market influence to the whole of the UK. There are a number of such providers but Isoplan excel because their client support team are
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I took my two daughters to see the movie last night – it didn’t really grab me but I was thinking about the “lessons” that she teaches the children in her care and (as always) the metaphor in life: 1. Go to bed when you are told (turn off the darn TV and get some
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I’ve been a runner, jogger (call it what you will) since 1980, when a client I was talking to as an insurance company rep inspired me by his personal example. From then until 1997 I just ran for pleasure and to find a place in a busy life where I could think, oxygenate and “straighten
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Well after spending a week last month touring the UK on this subject I can share with you the following revelations: 1. most dentists have no pricing structures in place at all; 2. they often set a nominal hourly rate based on “last year plus a bit” and with no scientific reference to their business
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As always, a call-in day with my clients creates many great conversations – and this was one of them. What we have here is a very talented specialty coach with a thousand creative ideas buzzing around in her head and a question – “how the h do I get all these ideas out there in
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We have just launched our 2005 GYYIG programme and you can take a look at www.getyouryearingear.com Last year I worked with over 80 clients and the feedback we enjoyed was wonderful. This year we have decided to take half the time (5 weeks) to cover the core points necessary to give you a flying start
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Yesterday I met with Barbara Trotter and our new Business Development Manager, Paul Nelson. About two-thirds of our meeting was concerned with launching Paul into our community of dentists so as to begin the process of recruiting a targeted 120 clients for The Dental Business School in 2006. We agreed that our order of play
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