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What Fougasse teaches us about customer service
Writing under the pen name of Fougasse, Cyril Kenneth Bird was one of the most popular cartoonists and illustrators of the first half of...
Chris Barrow
Sep 26, 20182 min read
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What you can and cannot train your team to do
Here’s what you can train people to do: Technique So if you want me to train your people – that’s fine – just tell me what technique you...
Chris Barrow
Sep 5, 20181 min read
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Just one day – and just one win away
My weekly Bunker Day was switched to Tuesday this week, to accommodate Monday’s London workshop. Here’s a record of just one day’s...
Chris Barrow
Jul 11, 20182 min read
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Breaking news – £15 UDAs and a £10,000 sign up fee – apply now at Mydentist!
Those are the terms that appear to be on offer as Mydentist head-hunt your associates. Back in 2008, when I was Director of Private...
Chris Barrow
Jun 28, 20183 min read
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8 words that will transform your treatment plan presentations
When presenting a treatment plan, begin with: The best way I can help you is…….
Chris Barrow
Jun 5, 20181 min read
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The Campbell Academy – The Year Implant Course 2019
I’m frequently contacted by people who have products and services of relevance to my clients. For over 20+ years I have maintained a...
Chris Barrow
May 18, 20181 min read
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Today in London I’ll be helping 47 people to understand the numbers in the business of dentist
Today, at The Extreme Business 2018 London workshop – we cover The Money Sessions. Here’s the agenda: Workshop 2 – The Money Sessions...
Chris Barrow
Apr 16, 20181 min read
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Sponges and Abstainers – identifying types in your team
Have you noticed a couple of behavioural types in your organisation? The sponge – that person who just keeps soaking up new information...
Chris Barrow
Apr 12, 20181 min read
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Are HMRC closing in on associate self-employed status?
I’m frequently contacted by people who have products and services of relevance to my clients. For over 20+ years I have maintained a...
Chris Barrow
Apr 4, 20181 min read
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The Brexit effect on UK dentistry – are NHS associates damaged goods?
Last week I asked whether any of you had felt a difference caused by Brexit. Predictably, responses were mainly “no difference” because...
Chris Barrow
Mar 21, 20182 min read
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How The Beast from the East sorted the wheat from the chaff
As I read through my clients’ weekly tracker updates and listen to others, I realise that the wintry weather conditions that we all...
Chris Barrow
Mar 15, 20181 min read
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Why I think staff incentive payments are a waste of time and what to do instead
Before I start, just a heads up to watch out for the latest edition of the “Two Reds are Better than One” podcast, recorded yesterday...
Chris Barrow
Mar 6, 20183 min read
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Why the recruitment crisis in UK dentistry may force you to shrink your business
Recruitment of dentists (and its knock-on effects) is creating the highest level of disruption in the marketplace right now. There is a...
Chris Barrow
Mar 5, 20182 min read
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TCO training – how to improve your clinician productivity by 30%
I’m frequently contacted by people who have products and services of relevance to my clients. For over 20+ years I have maintained a...
Chris Barrow
Feb 21, 20183 min read
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Using You Tube to promote your practice to dentists and patients
My first question this morning is whether it would be useful to have 80 minutes of Chris Barrow, live and uncut, talking about: tips for...
Chris Barrow
Jan 12, 20181 min read
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The latest on the dental headhunter and what you need to do about it
An interesting conversation with a travelling implantologist yesterday, who revealed that one of his sessions was interrupted by a...
Chris Barrow
Dec 5, 20172 min read
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How to spend more time as a master practitioner, without upsetting existing patients
There comes a time in the life of every Dental Principal when you have to admit that you simply cannot do everything any more. Not only...
Chris Barrow
Nov 22, 20174 min read
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Why staff appraisals are dead – and what to do instead
This question came in last night from a Practice Manager: Its staff appraisals time, my Principal wonders if you have a different...
Chris Barrow
Nov 7, 20173 min read
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How the reversal of the supply/demand curve for associates could spell trouble
In my last post I speculated on the inevitability of staff turnover and what to do about it. There are around 26 million British-born...
Chris Barrow
Oct 30, 20172 min read
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The inevitability of staff turnover – and what to do about it
In 1970, when I began my full-time work as a 16-year old school leaver, I was mentally conditioned by my parents and teachers for the...
Chris Barrow
Oct 26, 20173 min read
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