Dental Leadership
Improving team productivity
A recent Harvard Business Review article explored the concept of diminishing productivity in American workers. The ideas discussed struck me as directly applicable to improving dental front office team productivity. Before we get to the specific issues, the article...
Building Mutually Beneficial Relationships Between Young and Older Dentists
An older, more experienced dentist makes a great mentor for a young, inexperienced dentist who wants to grow, learn management skills, master the administrative part of running a dental practice and develop expertise in the clinical side of the profession. The...
How To Build A Top Performing Team For Your Dental Practice
Whether you’re just about to start your dental practice or looking to take your current practice to the next level, it all starts with building a good team. In dental school, you learned how to fill a cavity and spent...
Academy of General Dentistry interviews All-Star Dental Academy
https://soundcloud.com/academyofgeneraldentistry/positioning-your-practice-for-excellence Dr. Wes Blakeslee interviews Alex Nottingham, CEO and founder of AGD Exclusive Benefits provider All-Star Dental Academy. Nottingham, who gained expertise in the industry by...
What to do AFTER a difficult conversation at work
I recently read an article in the Harvard Business Review about team dynamics, and I wanted to share the important points with you. It’s common to experience difficult conversations at work, whether they are with associates, clients, or your team. They are difficult...
Harvard Business Review: The 5 most important questions to ask
I recently read an article on leadership in the Harvard Business Review. The article talked about asking questions. At first glance, the idea seems simple. But when you step back and start to think about it, the issue gets much more complicated. Tom, my business...
Team Building through Meetings
A recent article in the Harvard Business Review explored how to make meetings more effective. As an industry where most days start off with a quick meeting to review the day ahead, it seems like the ideas covered in the article are important for dentists to review....
Listen to Howard Farran and Alex Nottingham talk about the new dental economy
Dentaltown's Howard Farran hosted Alex recently on his podcast. They chatted about how independent practices can compete in the new dental economy by highlighting the value that the independent dentist can provide. Providing value through service is the critical...
Being a Better Boss
A survey by the ADA states that human resource issues are the number one stressor for a dentist. But have you (the dentist) ever considered that YOU might be contributing to problems with your team? That you need to be a...
Productive Dental Practice – Episode #1 – Dental Practice Management Series
Consider a dental practice “nightmare” scenario. You feel like you are running from patient to patient, doing exams left and right, with barely enough time to break for lunch. But at the end of the month, you run the numbers...
