To maintain your practice success, you must be able to control your overhead and cut costs. Overhead can be like cancer — it wants to grow and spread. We all realize that endodontics is becoming more competitive with root canal reimbursements decreasing and patients finding it harder to pay their part of the cost. Endodontists […]

Dr. Joel C. Small offers a technique for creative problem solving I often encounter doctor clients who are frustrated by their team’s lack of ability to achieve a pre-defined, desired result. The scenario goes something like this: Coach: I hear that you are frustrated. Give me more detail. Doctor: Okay. Well, no matter how many

Since the beginning of the 2008 recession, the business of endodontics has become more competitive and stressful. The recession caused practice decline in over 78% of all endodontic practices. If your practice is not growing, it’s declining. These challenges and stresses are broken down to external (things we can’t control) and internal (things we can

Dr. Joel C. Small discusses how to cultivate shared values and a common purpose Edgar Schein, a noted authority on the subject of organizational culture, has stated that the primary job of a leader is to establish an organization’s culture. An organizational culture is considered to be the guiding principles that dictate how people work

As we complete 2017 and begin 2018, it’s hard not to reflect on what went well this past year and how can we improve in the coming year. A new year is always a great opportunity to start with a clean slate and resolve to make real improvements with your practice and life. Webster’s definition