by Jonathan Fine | Jul 6, 2020 | Business growth, Planning
The sun is shining. Beaches and bars are finally open, and bank holiday weekend was a blast. Everyone’s happy and carefree again, including dental practice owners, it seems, who are caught up in the euphoria of the moment. There’s excitement about going...
by fineco | May 22, 2020 | Business growth, Leadership, Performance reporting, Planning
How is life in the trenches going? If you’re still alive I suppose that means quite well, all things considered. Having previously set out what to do to get your dental practice through lockdown, I’ve been modelling how cashflow might look for a typical...
by fineco | Apr 2, 2020 | Business growth, Finance, Performance reporting, Planning
Panic can lead us into self-destruction. When someone scared of water thinks they’re drowning they burn precious energy and oxygen flailing and hyperventilating. In the knowledge that this wild state is potentially fatal to others too, lifeguards are trained to...
by Guest | Mar 11, 2020 | Business growth, Leadership, Movers and shakers, Performance reporting, Planning
Working as a consultant to dental practice owners I have become convinced of the value of a tool that I created during my MBA. For want of a better name I’ve called it the Abstraction Model. I’ve seen it make a difference for practice owners who engage...
by Jonathan Fine | Mar 5, 2020 | Due diligence, Leadership, Planning
Five weeks ago my old pal and client of 10 years Tom Keppel rang and said, “Jonny, I’m getting really worried about this coronavirus thing, I think it could really harm my practice.” Tom’s lovely practice is in Sutton, Surrey. My response: “Don’t be...
by Jonathan Fine | Apr 3, 2019 | Business growth, Planning, Wealth management
In March I co-ran a course for Fine Company clients with my son Dan and it was, to put it mildly, a moving experience. Not just for me but for the delegates and Dan too. We were collaborating in such a way that it was very powerful. Dan, a consultant at Hive Business,...