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– Be more efficient
– Have more fun
– Improve doctor and team communications
– Eliminate frustration
– And make your life easier!
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New episodes every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
With today's employee-driven hiring trend, it's important to be an attractive place to work. In this episode, Kiera dives into how practices can become very appealing places for prospective employees. She shares how the Dental A-Team retains its team members, what your turnover can indicate, and ways your practice can shine brighter than the rest.
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Listen to episode 505, What is Your Practice's X Factor?
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Derick Van Ness, founder and wealth strategist at Big Life Financial, is back because … it's tax time! In this episode, Dental A-Team listeners are students of the tax world. Derrick gives his advice on how to save money on taxes, what the right tax advantage investments look like, donation strategies, taxation tier levels, and a ton more.
Episode resources:
Learn more about Big Life Financial
Book your FREE tax strategy session
Get in touch with Derick directly: derick@biglifefinancial.com
Listen to episode 462, Get Tax Savvy
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The Dental A-Team traveling consultants have been in many practices lately that are looking to introduce new projects and skill sets to the team, like ortho and 3D printing. Kiera's here to share with you what she told them: Pick one project per quarter and focus on that. Listen to this episode and learn how to introduce projects to everyone slowly but surely.
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Compiling information to make a job description isn't fun, but it's very important. You're setting up expectations and a framework that will allow your practice to flourish. In this episode, Kiera walks through what she includes on Dental A-Team's one-paged job descriptions, and why she does so, such as …
Title of position
Ideal characteristics
Core values of your business
Role of position daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly
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Tiff is on the pod to chat with Kiera about an office she just visited which needed some attention on its collections and accounts receivable. To give an idea of where this practice sits at, its collections are at 80% and case acceptance is at 56%. Tiff shares three points she touched on with this office:
Three tactics to put into place to raise collections
Establish tracking methods
Spun complaints in a positive direction
Episode resources:
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Kiera is joined by Brit! The Dental A-Team is hearing a lot about practices' struggles with communication. In this episode, Kiera and Brit discuss ways to enhance communication in a practice, and even reach a breakthrough point. They touch on the following:
Establishing ground rules of communication in your office
Stop assuming everyone knows how to communicate
How to bring up that you want to have better communication practice-wide
And more
Episode resources:
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If you hate working on operations manuals … We get it. Been there, done that. In this episode, Kiera walks through what it takes to create a basic version of an operations manual and why it'll help your practice by leaps and bounds, as well as how the Dental A-Team can help. She then goes into how to go the extra mile with your manuals.
Episode resources:
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Need a 30/60/90-day template? Let us know!
Look into our Customizable Dental Operations Manual Intensive
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Kim Creer is here to talk about something a lot of people are having a hard time with these days: hiring. Kim is a stellar example of resilience and innovation, and she shares the steps she's taken to hire in markets it's impossible to hire in. She and Kiera discuss the following:
Having an abundance mindset
Edifying your doctors
What the role entails
Raving about your culture
Knowing what sets your practice apart
It can be done, and Kim is living proof! She also gives advice on proper compensation and utilizing your network.
Episode resources:
Listen to episode 271, Stop Holding Your Team Back!
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The Dental A-Team is seeing a lot of burnout across practices we visit, so Kiera's here to offer tips about delegating. Just because you can do a bunch of tasks doesn't mean you should. Kiera provides DAT insight on the best/easiest way to delegate, how to fill the time you've delegated out, and what the delegator and delegatee should absolutely not do.
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Tiffanie is at the helm of this episode and she's spilling secrets about membership plans (or discount loans or discount saving plans)! She touches on the following:
Whether a membership plan fits with your practice
How to have an impactful discount that doesn't hurt you
What plan fees look like to patients
How to get started
The fantastic thing about membership plans is that they not only are attractive to prospective patients, but they also get your current patients excited — as long as you do it right!
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