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The hardest part of practice ownership is the relationships, the people in our practice. In this episode Sandy helps us to understand and know how we can master these relationships. There's a few basic steps that most practice owners and people in general tend to overlook. One of the first steps is to hire the right people, acknowledge our employees when they do something good, recognize when thin...

Sometimes new practice owners want to outsource insurance verification, billing, phones, and more… but is it really necessary? In this episode Sandy Pardue lets us know the exact math and patients you must have in order to officially outsource or become more efficient in your practice. First, every single practice owner needs to know their overhead and understand that your "team" overhead is your...

What if you are extremely fed up with an employee and you're thinking "that's it! I'm going to fire this person". How should you do it? When is the best time and day to do this? Who should be there? What should you say? In this episode Sandy breaks down the important steps you need to take before, during, and after firing an individual in your team who just isn't performing the way you need them t...

If you're not feeling the effects of inflation now, you will be in a couple of months! Save this episode because it will teach you how to "inflation proof" your practice! Sandy Pardue lets us know about 10 specific steps we need to take in order to get lean and mean and control our practice through anything. The first step is: KNOW WHERE YOU ARE. You need to be hungry for your overhead percentage...

The reason most treatment plans fail is because we ignore objections In this episode Sandy breaks down for us the 7 most common objections patients will give you and your team for not accepting treatment or going with treatment right away. We figure out the psychology and thinking behind these objections and she lets us know the proper steps to take and what to say to overcome every single one of...

If you have had bad experiences with bonuses, that's probably because you or whoever implemented it, has put in the wrong type of bonuses for your team. In this episode Sandy lets us know the best kind of bonus you can implement for your team and your hygienist. She breaks down where you are going to find the money for appropriate bonuses, the percentages, the one to implement first, how to divide...

Does this sound familiar: "We've had a lot of cancellations and I don't want to pay my hygienist during down time" Some of you may lean towards doing this. In fact, the hygienist may HATE this so your hygienist has to look or act busy so you won't deduct their pay. Do NOT do this anymore! Your hygienist AND you (the practice owner) deserve a full schedule always.  In this episode Sandy Pardue tell...

Are you wasting your marketing dollars? Let's face it, you are if you are either missing phone calls or letting new patient opportunities go through the phone. In this episode Sandy lets you know exactly what barriers are coming up when it comes to answering the phone when a new patient calls and how we can break these barriers. She gives us 6 steps on how every single phone call should go. We als...

Cross training can be beneficial… but only for a short, and we mean a very short period of time. There are about 6 major cons that cross training will produce in your practice. However, if you MUST cross train an employee than there are about 4 pros to cross training. Sandy breaks down each individual pros and cons and the consequences that this can lead up to. We also clarify how some of this inf...

When we have no specific departments and roles than we have less accountability (almost none) and that creates a ton of inefficiencies. You don't just want to throw up anyone at the front and hope your other front office shares their duties. You want to specifically give them departments. In this episode Sandy shares with us exactly which person should be in which department based on their persona...

When we have no specific departments and roles than we have less accountability (almost none) and that creates a ton of inefficiencies. You don't just want to throw up anyone at the front and hope your other front office shares their duties. You want to specifically give them departments. In this episode Sandy shares with us exactly which person should be in which department based on their persona...

When we have no specific departments and roles than we have less accountability (almost none) and that creates a ton of inefficiencies. You don't just want to throw up anyone at the front and hope your other front office shares their duties. You want to specifically give them departments. In this episode Sandy shares with us exactly which person should be in which department based on their persona...

When we have no specific departments and roles than we have less accountability (almost none) and that creates a ton of inefficiencies. You don't just want to throw up anyone at the front and hope your other front office shares their duties. You want to specifically give them departments. In this episode Sandy shares with us exactly which person should be in which department based on their persona...

If you're not even aware of your treatment closing percentages... then that's the first thing you need to know TODAY! Sandy Pardue breaks down the whole process on how we can get more "YES" from our patients. She gives us real life examples, steps, scripts, who is responsible for this on our team, and even deep quotes! We also discuss what to do if someone says "NO".

Why does embezzlement happen and how does it begin? Most importantly, how can we catch it early or even prevent it from ever happening?! In this episode Sandy breaks down the steps and systems we need to implement so that we can prevent any employee stealing from the practice. We also discuss real life stories where Sandy discovered embezzlement and how they decided to handle it. We discuss the mo...

Do you feel like your best efforts are being undermined?  Do yu have someone in your team who is always going to you and complaining about others, pushing back on changes, procrastinating or coming up with excuses of why things are not done... but they are super nice about it all in front of you? Sandy Pardue gives us 5 signs that show you have a "Sweet Saboteur" in your practice, someone who is a...

Revenue - Expenses = PROFITS! Do you ever feel like you worked so hard and then you look at your income or your profits and feel like you are barely making it?! Like you're bringing in less money than you should be bringing home? In this episode we are covering just that! We are diving into your revenue and expenses and figuring out where profits are slipping through the cracks. Sandy breaks it do...

Revenue - Expenses = PROFITS! Do you ever feel like you worked so hard and then you look at your income or your profits and feel like you are barely making it?! Like you're bringing in less money than you should be bringing home? In this episode we are covering just that! We are diving into your revenue and expenses and figuring out where profits are slipping through the cracks. Sandy breaks it do...

Revenue - Expenses = PROFITS! Do you ever feel like you worked so hard and then you look at your income or your profits and feel like you are barely making it?! Like you're bringing in less money than you should be bringing home? In this episode we are covering just that! We are diving into your revenue and expenses and figuring out where profits are slipping through the cracks. Sandy breaks it do...

Revenue - Expenses = PROFITS! Do you ever feel like you worked so hard and then you look at your income or your profits and feel like you are barely making it?! Like you're bringing in less money than you should be bringing home? In this episode we are covering just that! We are diving into your revenue and expenses and figuring out where profits are slipping through the cracks. Sandy breaks it do...

Revenue - Expenses = PROFITS! Do you ever feel like you worked so hard and then you look at your income or your profits and feel like you are barely making it?! Like you're bringing in less money than you should be bringing home? In this episode we are covering just that! We are diving into your revenue and expenses and figuring out where profits are slipping through the cracks. Sandy breaks it do...

Revenue - Expenses = PROFITS! Do you ever feel like you worked so hard and then you look at your income or your profits and feel like you are barely making it?! Like you're bringing in less money than you should be bringing home? In this episode we are covering just that! We are diving into your revenue and expenses and figuring out where profits are slipping through the cracks. Sandy breaks it do...

Revenue - Expenses = PROFITS! Do you ever feel like you worked so hard and then you look at your income or your profits and feel like you are barely making it?! Like you're bringing in less money than you should be bringing home? In this episode we are covering just that! We are diving into your revenue and expenses and figuring out where profits are slipping through the cracks. Sandy breaks it do...

Revenue - Expenses = PROFITS! Do you ever feel like you worked so hard and then you look at your income or your profits and feel like you are barely making it?! Like you're bringing in less money than you should be bringing home? In this episode we are covering just that! We are diving into your revenue and expenses and figuring out where profits are slipping through the cracks. Sandy breaks it do...

Revenue - Expenses = PROFITS! Do you ever feel like you worked so hard and then you look at your income or your profits and feel like you are barely making it?! Like you're bringing in less money than you should be bringing home? In this episode we are covering just that! We are diving into your revenue and expenses and figuring out where profits are slipping through the cracks. Sandy breaks it do...