by Jonathan Fine | Sep 19, 2018 | Business growth, Leadership, Planning
This is another excerpt from chapter 2 of Moonwalking For Dentists. Email jane.chrispin@finecompany.com if you’d like a free pdf of the full chapter or a copy of the book with a 25% discount. One: Risk The overriding driver behind making business, or indeed life...
by Zac Fine | Jul 25, 2018 | Business growth, Leadership, Movers and shakers
After mistaken reports of a £300m buyout by Southern Dental, Portman Dental Care has refinanced, with Core Equity Holdings acquiring Livingbridge’s stake. I caught up with CEO Sam Waley-Cohen, who has his shoulder at the wheel again after a short break. Sam, how are...
by Jonathan Fine | Jun 20, 2018 | Business growth, Costs, Leadership, Performance reporting, Recruitment
If you’ve ever appointed a business manager, were they or are they effective? By effective I mean do they or did they actually deliver the objectives you set them? I can honestly say that it’s the single hardest appointment we advise our clients on. You can do all the...
by Zac Fine | May 16, 2018 | Leadership, Mental health
We’re seeing a clear need among practice owners to accept that taboo feelings of stress, isolation and self-doubt — and much darker moods — are really very normal. There’s a need to acknowledge these emotions when they arise because then they can be dealt with before...
by Jonathan Fine | Apr 4, 2018 | Business growth, Leadership, Planning
Dental business blogs — this one included — always go on about business growth being de facto a good thing. But rapid expansion without strategic planning can be counterproductive. Jamie Oliver’s misadventures are a perfect example. In February one of our clients...
by Jonathan Fine | Mar 28, 2018 | Leadership, Mental health, Planning
Whenever I feel overwhelmed by conflicting priorities (which doesn’t happen that often) I use the technique below. I recently shared it with a client who had moved into overload and they found it helpful, so my offer is to perhaps file it as a resource for the next...
