7 Pillars of Successful Dental Business – Page 23

Are your customers avoiding you?

I like, and sometimes even admire, the advertising industry, at its very top end it is entertaining and memorable. Most of it is not, it’s mundane, repetitive and unimaginative. I thoroughly enjoyed John Hegarty’s book and think that he and a lot of his colleagues are very bright, creative thinkers. I have read about DavidContinue reading “Are your customers avoiding you?”

What part of your job do you enjoy the most?

I have come to the (sad) conclusion that many people would rather stay as they are and moan about it than change and improve their situation. Thank goodness my clients want to improve their lives.

The Weekend Read. Start with Why by Simon Sinek.

With a sub-title of “How great leaders inspire everyone to take action” this book sets its stall out from the very start. Simon Sinek first came to my attention when I watched his celebrated Ted Talk (see below) and I was wary that this book would be “just” another “how to beat the competition byContinue reading “The Weekend Read. Start with Why by Simon Sinek.”

Demand and not profitability dominates dental practice values – says NASDA

Demand and not profitability dominates dental practice values says the most recent bulletin from UNW Dental Unit. The latest NASDAL quarterly goodwill survey, for the quarter ending 30th April 2015, indicates that prices achieved on the sale of some dental practices are more indicative of high demand than the profits that can be achieved. TheContinue reading “Demand and not profitability dominates dental practice values – says NASDA”

“Which” kicks (NHS) Dentists – so what’s new?…and what to do.

Following on from another Consumer’s Association report. Dentistry is an easy target for any journalist that wants to have a go at a profession. Let’s face it, from Marathon Man through The Little Shop of Horrors via Lemming of the BDA and Robert Lindsay’s misanthropic, cynical and assistant sacking GDP Ben, dentists tend not toContinue reading ““Which” kicks (NHS) Dentists – so what’s new?…and what to do.”

The Weekend Read – The Second Curve by Charles Handy

I have been a fan of Charles Handy since I read “The Age of Unreason” in 1992 and his “Understanding Organisations” was one of the set texts on my MBA course at the Open University in 1994. He has a real grasp of the human condition, a rare intelligence and the ability to explain hisContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Second Curve by Charles Handy”

The Monday Morning Quote #320

The companies that survive longest are the one’s that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul. Charles Handy

B.B. KIng – RIP

Shame to lose such a great man, he lived on a bus for large amounts of his working life, made many farewell tours and was still playing more than 100 nights a year in his late 80s. What differentiated him was his ability to make his music swing when he played – with a lotContinue reading “B.B. KIng – RIP”

NASDAL figures for 2013-14

An interesting analysis from the financial year 2013-14 from NASDAL via Alan Suggett and his team at UNW Business Unit. I’ll be interested to see 2014-15. The 2014 NASDAL benchmarking survey of practice Profit & Loss information was published last month. A report of the findings appears later in this UNW Dental Bulletin. Each yearContinue reading “NASDAL figures for 2013-14”

The Weekend Read – The One-Page Financial Plan by Carl Richards

I was listening to a conversation last week at a meeting where I was presenting about the collection of trinkets that seems to afflict dentists, a form of “keeping up with the Dr Joneses” emerges at conferences and meetings with people trying to outdo each other in cars driven, holidays taken, business loans obtained andContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The One-Page Financial Plan by Carl Richards”