Employees present the most challenging part of running a dental practice, or for that matter, ANY business. People are complicated and challenging. And, because dental practices also deal with people (patients) who might be in pain or under other stress, the human factor in dental practices can present significantly greater challenges than in most other […]

    Amazon is opening up retail stores.  It’s a process dubbed “clicks-to-bricks”. High end retailers like Nordstrom are also closing big-ass stores and opening up small try-on shops (Nordstrom Local) with NO inventory instead.  Even big-box stores like Target are sizing down. What’s happening? Retailers have realized that American buying habits are changing. And […]

Stepping Up to Scale Up Everyone wants to grow. Staying the same is stagnating and in this economy if you snooze, you loose. Growing is not a luxury, its a necessity. This begs the question: what do I need to do FIRST to scale up and grow my business? The answer is: Look in the […]

It has been said that having and maintaining one or 2 core competencies can be the difference between business life or death.  This concept was first developed in the 80’s by Hamel and Prahalad in their book “Competing for the Future”. A Core Competency is defined as: SOMETHING UNIQUE THAT A BUSINESS HAS, CAN, OR […]