The Shared Practices Podcast - Archives

DOWNLOAD THIS FIRST: https://shared-practices.mykajabi.com/resources?preview_theme_id=2151462506   And then literally listen to this 28-minute episode with your team.   Exercise 1: Care About Each Other Exercise 2: Conflict is Healthy   Combine this episode with the two exercises herein and plan for 90 minutes. Unlock the low-hanging fruit of better teamwork. These exercises aren't easy, but they'...

This is a dental student-specific episode. We're introducing students to the possibilities; the vision. You can start honing your vision NOW and you'll be that far ahead when you graduate. Which opportunities are actually out there, what would Andrew be focusing on as a D1 if he could go back, and ultimately, why you'll NEVER learn this stuff in dental school.     SharedPractices.com/Events

What if you could designate certain times for certain procedures—reliably? What if you could have balance in your day? Today we'll learn how to spread your energy evenly throughout the week. Instead of having the same random things on your schedule every day, Caitlin shares why she likes block scheduling for dentistry, why other methods have too many constraints to be useful.

How can you really know what you want, if you've never done it before? You have a Point A? Cool. You only need a Point B to get started. The mile markers along the way are called goals. Let's talk about making educated guesses, and how easy it is to waste away unless you work DAILY toward those goals.   SharedPractices.com/Events Shawn@SharedPractices.com

Before you jump into entrepreneurship, you need to find out whether or not you'll hate your life as a business owner. Some do, some don't. It's okay either way. Richard gets the perspective of our Bulletproof Dental friends on our own Shared Practices philosophies. There is power in realizing, early on, what's right for YOU. Know thyself, and THEN grow.

Grab a pen & paper for this one. Andrew and Dr. Matt Ford rehearse their Analytics Based Pre-Ownerhship presentation on us. Oct 7-8 in Scottsdale, for those who haven't heard. But right now we talk practice models and why we haven't talked about the "super solo" practice in a while.

Where PBN was once an analytics company, it is now a *platform*. That distinction reveals the one reason we're back using Practice By Numbers.   As Richard says, "I'm less interested in what practice owners are doing with analytics without a coach, and more interested in how we can help them with the right analytics platform through coaching."   Listen in for our robust history with PBN, and why n...

Since appearing on the show May 20, 2022, Kent Miller and Dentagraphics released a big update they call Dentalgraphics 3.0. The 2.0 version had a centralized list of practices (and their demos) to sort through. Data is at the heart of what they do. Which brings us to today: he and Steven talk about how they help pre-owners Start, Buy, Grow.

From The Dentist Money Show, our friend Matt Mulcock joins us. There's a reason Shared Practices and The Dentist Money have a successful history together. Dentist Advisors' has frameworks for dental students, robust earners (even if they're still in debt), growing owners, and way more. We want you to accomplish your financial goals—with or without Dentist Advisors (you'll see why we recommend WITH...

Following up on our Jan 5, 2022 interview, Dr. Doom has now settled into his rural practice. He purchased from the doc who gave him his first job. After working with the seller for a couple months, and Dr. Doom quickly netted 6 more staff! Is this guy really going to work at ONE PRACTICE for his entire career? Let's see what he likes and what he hates about his rural acquisition several months in.

We are in the process of adding legal services in-house as part of our buyers representation services at Shared Practices. We're currently working with attorney Daniel Saylor to make it happen. There's a lot of red tape to essentially becoming part law firm, but we're here to confront our (and your) complicated relationship with "the legal stuff".

Our very own Christie Larson joins us. Having worked in dental for over a decade, she's now giving us pre-owners a preview of the coaching we can expect in the future. If she could go back in time and tell her clients--before they were owners--how to set up for success, THIS is what she'd tell them.

When we released our new patient phone call episodes, we noticed something: offices fumble phone calls because offices don't have an etiquette standard. Go back and listen to the episode published June 20, 2022. You'll notice skilled employees--excellent employees. But you'll also notice a lack of standard phone etiquette. Richard and co-host Caitlin Shoemaker return to teach phone etiquette and a...

What's Tyler Tolbert been up to for the past YEAR? Today he reclaims the show as he sits down with Steven and Andrew. We talk his exploits jumping into a rewarding position, his first surgery as a licensed dentist, and why he's happy to be back where he started.

Our guest is driven and he's changing lives every day. Richard catches up with this old classmate and friend. He happens to be running one of our denture & implant offices in Reno. With a truly amazing start to his career, check out why he's now left everything aside and is changing lives everyday in Reno.

Back in TPO #96, we talked to Inigo Montoya (published Nov 3, 2021). He had found an interesting practice but after the show aired, that practice didn't work out. He's closing tomorrow on a better way better one. Check it out as our own Dr. Matt Ford helps him with last minute vetting and what to do once he's on-site tomorrow.   Schedule to be on the show:  Merlin@SharedPractices.com

One of our talented surgical doctors comes on-air today. What's it like actually working in one of our Dentures & Implants startups? Our Louisville partner shares his experience. What's the heaviest-scheduled office he's worked in? Is he over-stressing every single day? Learn all about his office and routine (hint: it's great, and he's in a great market).

When you're reading great books and listening to the best podcast in the industry, it's easy to get lost in the tumult of opinion. Business knowledge and personal development is less about *learning* and more about *using*. Use your knowledge to find your stride and develop your own leadership voice.

Hiring, firing and letting team members thrive in the right place, audience favorite Caitlin Shoemaker is back sharing details of how to get it done. Your team decisions have serious impact on team members' careers, so let's get this right.   Plus, we now have non-public, recorded examples of bad front desk phone calls; these are available for our coaching clients only—-for training purposes.   Ca...

Our own multi-practice owner Dr. Matt Ford has recently sold one of his four offices. Almost all our services are from the buyer side. But today Steven teases out of Matt the dirty details about selling. Listen and learn the moving parts behind the seller.

Following up on our June 6th episode, "Dr. Balboa" is back. After trudging the long, lonely road of ownership, this doc is ready to dive into his metrics and listen to Suzanne. We're closing that "backdoor", retaining more patients, and putting Dr. Balboa's payroll problems in the past forever.

A cool distinction among practices (and among future practice owner avatars—you guys!) is the D0120 (recurrant type dentistry) and the D0140 (more transactional-based dentistry).  What does a recurring revenue type of practice look like? A transactional? Andrew makes Steven expand on this powerful distinction.

Alex brings our own Christie Larson on air. Can your team share ideas, vulnerability, or responsibility without it coming back at them negatively? Alex and Christie share stories of toxic traits popping up in their teams, and how to fix it forever. Listen to all these Book Club episodes and nip these problems in the bud—in sequence!

Part II airs March 1st, 2023. Associate at a new acquisition, Spiderman now has the chance to buy his mentor's flagship practice. He knows the staff, the office, and, of course, the seller. Let's see if he digs into the metrics on this friendly neighborhood deal.

Share your opinion about this episode: alex@sharedpractices.com Richard and Alex kick off Shared Practices' book club. BOOK CLUB IS FOR YOUR TEAM. Some of our own practice team members, we found, either aren't into books, audio books, or podcasts or anything. So we needed a way to make innovative concepts accessible to them. This episode introduces that concept and we'll have later episodes where...