Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 02:55 pm Whether you like it, or not, your dental practice is a business. And like with any business, it’s accompanied by many if not all the aspects inherent in managing an organization: human resources, bills, logistics, budgets, marketing, and so on. And with management on the mind, if I had to pick…
Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 03:11 pm How knowledgeable are your staff when it comes to specific procedures of your practice? For that matter, while your staff may not have a viewpoint that a doctorate in dentistry confers, couldn’t they at least have enough information about dental problems and their applicable treatments to adequately communicate their importance? To…
Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 03:27 pm “How can I get my staff to take more responsibility?” I’ve been asked this question a lot, and I mean a real lot, over my career. It might be asked in those exact words or in some variation with relation to a specific position, e.g. “How can I get my hygienist…
Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 03:38 pm This week’s blog post comes from MGE client, seminar speaker and Power Program graduate, Dr. Bruce Smoler. Using the practice management information from the MGE Program, Dr. Smoler has tripled his production and collections, and transformed his practice into a tremendously efficient fee-for-service office. The Problem: Phone calls were coming in…
Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 04:01 pm When a long-term, productive staff member leaves your practice (whatever the reason), what do you actually lose? Beyond their ongoing (and potential future) contributions to your practice, you’ve also lost: Years of experiential track and time spent working together with the rest of the team (i.e. everything they knew how to…
Last updated on November 18th, 2025 at 08:24 pm “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” — Leonardo da Vinci Just because there is a lot to know about management, does not make it a “complex” subject. It really isn’t. For that matter, when addressing a business (or really any) issue, if I find the “solution” to be too “complex”—I know I’m…