The changing landscape of practice ownership

Just a few years ago, we were talking about how the goal of owning a practice seemed less desirable due to rising costs and increasing legislation. Then, along came the pandemic to completely change the…

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How to future-proof your practice (and your life)

There have been many lessons to learn over the past two years, but perhaps one of the biggest is that the future is unpredictable and uncontrollable. Which means that there’s an even greater reason to…

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Stop firefighting and concentrate on being a great team leader

Business Coach, Chris Barrow explains why, after two years of dealing with the problems caused by the pandemic, it’s time to adopt a different attitude and start looking to the future again and developing our…

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Managing the welfare of your team

In this weeks episode of bodcast, Michael Bentley, Patient experience manager and dental business consultant talks about looking after the welfare and wellbeing of your team and shares practical ideas you can start implementing in…

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Tips on how to become a good leader

Johanna Hooper is a performance coach specialising in leadership, who has spent time working in senior positions within the armed forces. She has helped hundreds of people with leadership techniques and given people advice on…

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Boosting creativity in your dental practice

Les Jones, Creative Director at Practice Plan Group shares his top tips for encouraging and boosting creativity within your team and practice. What you’ll hear: What is creativity Setting stretch goals in practice Asking questions…

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Displacement…

It is widely recognised that most dental practices will lose 5% of their patients in any given (normal) year. A multitude of reasons – financial, moving house, death, illness, change in circumstances, the list goes on.

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Dealing with burnout

Practice Plan Area Manager, Suki Singh, looks at four ways of dealing with burnout when you’re rushed off your feet in your practice…

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Recruiting the ideal team player

Business Coach, Chris Barrow, gives you a guide on what to look for when you’re trying to recruit the ideal team player…

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Confidence – Where does it come from?

Katrina Rees, Area manager at Practice Plan catches up with Rebecca Mander, Executive coach and founder of GuruYou coaching to discuss confidence, where it comes from and her top tips to be more confident. What…

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Good wellbeing habits to develop in practice

Practice Plan’s Sarah Barnard shares her insights into why your team’s wellbeing is vital for the future and how to encourage it in your practice’s work environment… Why wellbeing is key to a well-performing practice…

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Motivating your team

 In this weeks episode of Bodcast, Jonathan Drury catches up with Louise Bone, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan to share her top tips for motivating your team. What you’ll hear: Reasons some teams…

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How to upskill and get the best out of your dental nurses

In this weeks bodcast, Jonathan Drury catches up with Lisa Bainham, Practice Manager at The Old Surgery dental practice to discuss the importance of investing and supporting your dental nurses. What you’ll hear: How Lisa…

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The Covid-19 Chronicles: an associate’s view #8 – Hussein Hassanali

For the last 12 months, Hussein Hassanali has been blogging about life in the dental world during the pandemic. Throughout his series of blogs, he has described the challenges of working through Covid and, in…

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Recruitment and listening to the sound of the river

“Listen to the sound of the river if you want to catch fish.”   Now this is a phrase that has always resonated with me because of its simplicity, and I have recounted it many…

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How the 60% UDA targets will impact the profession

Practice Plan’s Sales and Marketing Director, Nigel Jones, discusses the dental landscape with Eddie Crouch, Chair of the BDA’s PEC. Many dentists were left struggling to deliver 45% of their UDA contract in the first…

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Why I love being a dental nurse

Deborah Bell, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan, catches up with Robyn Lowrie, dental nurse at Star Dental Care about her role in practice and how her career has progressed since she started. What you’ll…

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The science of creating positive habits that stick

Dr Mahrukh Khwaja, CEO of Mind Ninja, joins us for part two in this latest wellbeing matters bodcast, to discuss the science behind creating positive habits that stick. What you’ll hear: Common myths around creating…

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