Now will all dentists believe that lots of folk would like the opportunity to have better looking teeth? It’s your responsibility to offer them the choice, isn’t it? From the BBC website. Male breast op numbers ‘growing fastest’ Surgery to correct ‘man-boobs’ is increasingly popular Breast reduction for men is the fastest-growing part of theContinue reading “Chaps would you have your teeth or your boobs done first?”
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Great calculation site for small businesses.
Here’s a link to a useful tool for calculating, comparing profits, taxes etc. Really good resource. I saw it mentioned on GDP-UK and thought it worth a mention. http://www.contractorcalculator.co.uk
The future – for heaven’s sake keep listening and talking.
The UK & Irish economies are in a sorry state. Although the recession is apparently over by the hairsbreadth of the last quarter, the real belt tightening is only just beginning. Dentistry, with which I am most familiar, is still getting used to this idea. I come across practice owners, and an even greater proportionContinue reading “The future – for heaven’s sake keep listening and talking.”
Strictly Business: Why Are You Doing This? – Philip Humbert
From Philip Humbert’s most recent newsletter, subscribe at his website http://www.philiphumbert.com Strictly Business: Why Are You Doing This? Every successful business leader has a clear answer to this vital question: Why are you building this company? Who does it serve and what’s your greater purpose? Answering these questions costs you very little, and it canContinue reading “Strictly Business: Why Are You Doing This? – Philip Humbert”
The Ubiquity of Competition – Seth Godin
From the ever excellent and thought provoking Seth Godin. How does this apply to you? The ubiquity of competition Sure, there are playoffs in football, but competition is everywhere, we just forget to notice it. There are three hundred photographers looking for work in a particular specialty. One puts a creative commons license on hisContinue reading “The Ubiquity of Competition – Seth Godin”
Integrity – Without It Nothing Works
From HBS “Working Knowledge” – the full piece is here. “An individual is whole and complete when their word is whole and complete, and their word is whole and complete when they honour their word,” says HBS professor Michael C. Jensen in this interview that appeared in Rotman: The Magazine of the Rotman School ofContinue reading “Integrity – Without It Nothing Works”
Doctors are Horrible Entrepreneurs
So it’s not just this side of the pond!! I just read Erik’s post about able to change the music for each patient during doctor visits. This would be really cool. I have had 5 cat scans in the last 6 months, and the good scan centers now allow you to choose your own radioContinue reading “Doctors are Horrible Entrepreneurs”
Firing Customers – Paddi Lund
I have hardly referred to the day I spent with Paddi, Fletcher and 20 or so delegates in Wakefield last month. It was an intense and long but ultimately uplifting day where it was a pleasure to watch the ah-ha moments in others as well as experiencing them myself. In spite of the fact thatContinue reading “Firing Customers – Paddi Lund”
Dental Practice Management – The Mastery Programme – Dr Marc Cooper in the UK in January 2010
Marc Cooper of The Mastery Company is visiting the UK in January and is delivering three evening presentations for UK dentists who want to acheive mastery in their practices. Dr Cooper has been coaching and consulting in the USA and continental Europe since 1984 and is the author of 5 books. Most dentists achieve ‘mastery’Continue reading “Dental Practice Management – The Mastery Programme – Dr Marc Cooper in the UK in January 2010”
The Weekend Read – The Starbucks Experience
(This review first went out in More Profit in Less Time in October 2007.) ….I took myself off to the closest bookshop to Rees Acres, that being ‘Waterstones’ in Literature Festival, Cheltenham, bought the book and settled down in the coffee shop within the bookshop. Now this coffee shop is a branch of Costa CoffeeContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Starbucks Experience”
The Incisal Edge 