Practice Success Stories – 2 In previous articles I have described how the majority of people initiate their problem solving in one of the four Conative Characteristics Fact Finder – Gathering and sharing of information – Specifiers. Follow Through – Sorting and Storing Information – Classifiers. Quick Start – Dealing with risk and uncertainty –Continue reading “Kolbe – Practice Success Stories 2”
Monthly Archives: March 2010
The Monday Morning Quote #79
The Years Thunder By….. To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a routine traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen who play with their boats at sea… cruising, it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the wanderers ofContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #79”
Kolbe – Practice Success Stories 1
Practice Success Stories -1 In the past couple of weeks I have outlined the principles behind Kolbe Wisdom™ and how, by using the 32-question Kolbe A Index, it is possible to identify the striving instincts that drive natural behaviours. I outlined the four Conative Characteristics: Fact Finder – Gathering and sharing of information. Follow ThroughContinue reading “Kolbe – Practice Success Stories 1”
The Monday Morning Quote #78
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” & If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell
Paddi Pages No 13 – Into the surgery
I may lose friends in the dental equipment business but this newsletter from Fletcher Potanin resonates with me. In 1988 I borrowed £8,000 from my father and set up my first cold squat practice. The only brand new bit of kit in it was the autoclave – which to the best of my knowledge isContinue reading “Paddi Pages No 13 – Into the surgery”
Kolbe Wisdom™ – The Striving Instincts and Beyond.
Last time I introduced the principles behind the Kolbe Wisdom™. How, by using the 32-question Kolbe A Index, it is possible to identify the striving instincts that drive natural behaviours. I outlined the four Conative Characteristics: Fact Finder – Gathering and sharing of information. Follow through – Sorting and Storing Information. Quick Start – DealingContinue reading “Kolbe Wisdom™ – The Striving Instincts and Beyond.”
The Monday Morning Quote #77
Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do a little. Edmund Burke (who’s mother, like mine, came from an impoverished but genteel Cork family….so mine told me)
In with the new, out with the old? – Wise words from Blue Horizons
A good post by Hilary Ford on the new Blue Horizons blog. It’s so easy to spend time, energy and cash searching for the next client or customer that you risk neglecting your current customers. Never ever forget the value of internal marketing, how many dentists have had patients say to them or their team,Continue reading “In with the new, out with the old? – Wise words from Blue Horizons”
What’s Your KOLBE™?
What’s your KOLBE? One of the biggest challenges to any clinician and small business owner is the blending of individuals together to make a team. These are the same challenges that can afflict larger businesses and corporations too. Do you recruit people then find they aren’t quite what you thought? Are you beset with problemsContinue reading “What’s Your KOLBE™?”
The Monday Morning Quote #76
“Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors……Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory.” Andrew Carnegie (Attributed) I was made aware of this quote by Seth Godin’s blog Losing Andrew Carnegie Carnegie apparently said, “TakeContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #76”
