We all know that mouth-breathing is bad. But do we truly know the importance of nasal breathing? It all starts with myofunctional therapy, and Kirk Behrendt brings in Brittny Sciarra-Murphy, owner of CT Orofacial Myology, to explain what it is and how it will help you re-educate patients on breathing properly through the nose.
As the summer ends and the last quarter of the year approaches, our attention needs to start turning toward the upcoming year. This is the perfect time to start working on a strategic plan for the next year!
You’ve told your team what you want done, and how you want them to do it. You’ve told them a hundred times — and they still don’t do it! What do you do now? To give you some insight into why this happens, Kirk Behrendt brings back Katherine Eitel-Belt, founder of LionSpeak, to share four reasons why your team don’t do what you ask, and what you can do as a leader for them to succeed.
Conventional wisdom may dictate that increasing your marketing budget will lead to better results, but I recently interviewed marketing expert Minal Sampat, RDH, and she remarked that you can have effective marketing without spending a crazy amount of money, or any at all!
Your practice isn’t just your practice. It also belongs to the people who help you run it. Your team is the most valuable part of your business, and Kirk Behrendt brings back Dr. Rebecca Bockow, an instructor from Spear Education, to help make your practice the place they want to be.
Hiring is tough. There are so few candidates, and you need someone FAST. When dentists get desperate, they’ll look at a resume and think, “Yep, that’s good enough.” Watch out—you might be getting catfished! Candidates hack the hiring process all the time.
Unresolved frustration turns into conflict, and unresolved conflict becomes a crisis. There’s only one sure way to avoid catastrophe, and Kirk Behrendt brings back Heather Crockett, one of ACT’s amazing coaches, with three steps to turn your frustration into action and keep your practice healthy.
Being conflict-free isn’t the secret to success — it’s your ability to work through conflict with your leadership team. To help you move past disagreement and misalignment, Kirk Behrendt brings back Courtney Dalton, one of ACT’s amazing coaches, with a treatment plan for getting your leaders on the same page.
Dentists do more than clean and fix teeth. They are the entry point to healthcare for patients. To help you embrace your role in improving community health, Kirk Behrendt brings back Dr. Steven Carstensen, chief dental editor of Dental Sleep Practice Magazine, with advice for navigating the changing role of dentists in healthcare.
How’s your work battery doing? Is it fully charged, or is it running low? Lots of things can drain your work battery—stress, gossip, increased workload, hustle culture. You might not even realize your battery is in the red. You just do what everyone else does: power through.
