Your greatest challenge as a practice owner isn't the dentistry — it’s managing people. To help you overcome the inevitable conflict you will experience, Kirk Behrendt brings back Miranda Beeson, one of ACT’s amazing coaches, to share two frameworks for addressing challenges between leaders, team members, and patients. Don't let conflict become a crisis! To learn the best ways to resolve conflict in your practice and your life, listen to Episode 641 of The Best Practices Show!

Kirk Behrendt

October 13, 2023

Bones chronicle a person’s life, and imaging helps you to read it. Knowing how to properly read the imaging is critical, and Kirk Behrendt brings in Dr. Dania Tamimi, lead author of two textbooks, Specialty Imaging: Dental Implants and Specialty Imaging: Temporomandibular Joint and Sleep-Disordered Breathing, to encourage you to use imaging when diagnosing your patients.

Kirk Behrendt

October 11, 2023

Congratulations—you just hired a rockstar team member! They have all the qualifications and core values your team is looking for. You’re certain they’ll do an awesome job right from day one. Let me tell you this: that’s not going to happen.

Kirk Behrendt

October 09, 2023

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.

Kirk Behrendt

October 09, 2023

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!

Kirk Behrendt

October 06, 2023

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.

Kirk Behrendt

October 06, 2023

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!

Kirk Behrendt

October 05, 2023

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.

Kirk Behrendt

October 04, 2023

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.

Kirk Behrendt

October 02, 2023

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.

Kirk Behrendt

October 02, 2023