Write down your unwritten rules
Review you business's accepted norms at least once a year …
3 steps to avoid wasting years of your life and a lot of money
A lot can go wrong and this is how you reduce your risk. …
Stop avoiding avoidance, it’s part of being human
There may be pain and effort in the short term …
Got the why? We’ll handle the how and what
If you're stuck we can help you jump start the creative process …
Why not figure out what you really want?
Dentists find it hard to be honest with themselves. …
When you don’t know the solution, keep moving
If you are facing a daunting problem, you don’t have to solve it today. …
Ready to get off the wheel?
Someone can appear one way, successful, but behind the shiny façade life might not be going so well. …
The dark art of dental practice valuations
If you’re looking to buy, we could save you an awful lot of money right at the beginning of your career as a business owner. …
Stop faking it if you want to make it
Plenty of practice owners still use the bank account as a business dashboard and have no idea who on their team is profitable. …
Work loose to lose the bottlenecks
When someone came in to help our sales and marketing people improve their project management skills, I eavesdropped. …
Decentralised command = operational excellence
Since we’ve been developing our Hive Intelligence product I’ve been talking to dental teams about their front desk software. …
Let go, and let your people take a punt
Bookkeeping is now cloud based and user friendly, so if you have a staff member who is keen to progress I can train them to use it. …
Information only helps when it’s used well
Business owners dismiss EBIT sometimes, just like we dismiss information that doesn’t conform to what’s happening in our lives. …
Fear of loss is powerful, but often a misperception
The main driver of behaviour, whoever you are, is fear of loss. …
You must change to grow
New facts have emerged since the June 2016 referendum and some people want another Brexit vote. …
