Do you know what motivates your team? If you are like most offices, the personalities and backgrounds of your teams are as different as can …
Decoding Ask Culture Versus Guess Culture
All human endeavors depend on communication, but you could be unwittingly sabotaging negotiations, relationships, and patient connections by failing to recognize the fundamental differences between …
Patterson Female Service Technician Thrives in a Male Dominated Role
If there is one thing being a service tech is not, it’s not a punch-in-and-punch-out type of job. According to Candace Barry, every day is …
Footsteps in the Snow, Amisha Singh DDS
At the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine, my alma mater, there are class composites which are hung on the wall when a class …
Mindset of a Coach
“Mindset” is a word that is thrown around a lot. Many people mistake it as another word for “attitude.” This is key: Mindset is NOT …
Hygienists and Dentists: Caring Enough to Confront
My mother has a saying: “Care enough to confront”. If the issue and the person are important to you, you will find the courage to …
The Dental Mental Network May be Your Trauma Oxygen Mask
Mental health issues are debilitating and far-reaching. We all know patients, family, friends who’ve needed help dealing with something that was just a bit too …
SpouseTales Snippet 9: I don’t want to fly the plane! I want to serve the drinks…
Some people are made for the left-brained detailed-oriented professions, and others are equally made for the right-brain, people-oriented, or artsy professions. In the practice, I’ve …
The Path to Burnout
Resentment and the feeling of being ineffective are the paths to burnout. Resentment and feeling ineffective stem from things like patient noncompliance, poor working environment, …
SpouseTales Snippet 7: “Seasons of Change”
Recently we’ve been recording a series about the seasons of change on the SpouseTales podcast. It’s interesting to consider how many of us have gone …
Dental Spotlight: Meet Meg Dietzel
We are always on the lookout for the best and brightest DeWs and love to tell their stories. This short spotlight was featured in Patterson’s …
The Gift of Vulnerability
Annette, the interim CEO of a mid-sized marketing company, was struggling to find the best way to deliver a speech to her employees in which …
SpouseTales Snippets 5: Getting Up And Doing It Again
Jackson Browne said it best, “…I’ll get up and do it again. Amen!” My husband and I both love this line out of the old …
Thank You, For the Lesson in Manners
“I don’t think there is a market for that,” Mike said to me. Chad was silent. “You’d have to check and see. What competitive research …
Connect With A Woman in Dentistry- You’ll Be Glad You Did.
I woke up early this morning to write this blog. That is the best time for me to get my thoughts on paper or Word …
SpouseTales Snippets 3: Are your actions stealing someone else’s joy?
Money or Experience One of my absolute favorite things to do for our team (and brings me great joy) is finding the special gifts my …
SpouseTales Snippets 2 – Doctor Held Hostage, It’s a Real Thing!
A short SpouseTale, because you can’t make this stuff up! Doctor held hostage, is a real thing. It can manifest as a feeling, an event, …
Every Person Has A Story: Know the Story Know the Person
Every person you meet has a story. All stories have a beginning, middle, and end, as does life. Each day we have the wonderful opportunity …
SpouseTales Snippets 1 – These Are the “Day Wives” of Our Lives!
A Short SpouseTale, Because You Can’t Make This Stuff Up! It occurred to me, as we have begun to write short blog-type snippets exclusively for …
How Dental Entrepreneur Women Build Healthy Office Cultures
Build a healthy practice through cultural balance Let me start by saying, I believe in cleaning out your closet. I know this sounds like an …
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