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50 patients a day for £900 or 6 patients a day for £3,000 – make a choice
I’m working with two very contrasting clients at the moment. Client A is at the beginning of her coaching journey: working 5.5 days a...
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Chris Barrow
Apr 17, 2018
Feeling the pulse – what my clients told me yesterday
Extreme Business 2018 London workshop done and my 47 delegates are sent home with spreadsheets, handouts and their heads buzzing with...
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Chris Barrow
Mar 27, 2018
Times of war – the battle is nearly over and about to begin
For some this will be the last few days before the “voting is closed” on the last year’s UDA targets, the last few patients are herded...
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Chris Barrow
Mar 21, 2018
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...
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Chris Barrow
Mar 14, 2018
British orthodontics is in meltdown – it’s wonderful – for some
Wonderful because those who take this “tide in the affairs of men” will have to reinvent themselves as private practitioners. Whatever...
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Chris Barrow
Mar 1, 2018
What Tesla, Pareto and the 4% rule can tell us about the independent sector
1st March 1893 and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri. Little did he...
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Chris Barrow
Feb 28, 2018
Winter came – and what I hope to be talking about this evening
Newcastle this morning and temperatures of -5 and a few inches of snow as the city slowly wakes. This evening I’m booked to meet with The...
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Chris Barrow
Jan 5, 2018
India – perfectly imperfect
I haven’t written a post in two weeks and, although the change has been as good as a rest, the call of the blog has been growing in my...
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Chris Barrow
Dec 22, 2017
The Acquisitions Incubator – why hiring me might identify you as a target
One of my prouder possessions is an email from Portman Dental acknowledging that they love buying practices that I’ve been involved with...
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Chris Barrow
Dec 15, 2017
The Friday riff on a cracking week and deciding to be happy
Friday morning at the Hilton Gatwick and I’ll shortly be catching the Express into Central London for my last client meeting of the week...
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Chris Barrow
Dec 14, 2017
What British dentistry (and others) can learn from Irish dentistry
Returning to a hire car for three days this week has had the predictable consequence that I’m miles behind with emails and projects as my...
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Chris Barrow
Oct 22, 2017
BDIA Showcase gossip – day 3 – Saturday 21st October 2017 (and some thoughts about Irish
So first hand eyes on the ground intel reports that attendance at a trade event is down, but certain events – like your practice plan...
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Chris Barrow
Oct 21, 2017
BDIA Showcase gossip – day 2 – Friday 20th October 2017
What is it about conferences that you grab a relatively early night (22:30 lights out), having had no booze and a carb-free meal – then...
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Chris Barrow
Oct 11, 2017
Will you be taking a close look at dentistry in The Showcase next week?
Not long now until the BDIA Showcase 2017 at Birmingham’s NEC and I’m really looking forward to the 3 days this year. The Showcase offers...
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Chris Barrow
Sep 21, 2017
Practice for sale – £1.00 – is the bubble bursting?
I refer you to Colin Campbell’s blog yesterday (and don’t forget to scroll down and read the subsequent comments added by myself, Colin...
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Chris Barrow
Sep 8, 2017
Technology, the ageing population, regulation: pondering the future of orthodontics
I’ll be speaking at next week’s BOS conference in Manchester and, with Ashley Latter, networking for most of the day – so please come...
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Chris Barrow
Aug 7, 2017
Only 1 place remaining on the Coach Barrow Couple’s Autumn Retreat
I’m delighted that this event is going ahead from Friday 29th September to Sunday 1st October 2017. Those attending are going to benefit...
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Chris Barrow
Apr 3, 2017
Here we go again
For some reading this post, today will be the first day of the new UDA year and: a sigh of relief that you can get back to delivering NHS...
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Chris Barrow
Mar 8, 2017
Protocols and Conversations
In any business – yours, mine, your suppliers – we all need protocols and conversations. The protocols are the way we do things –...
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Chris Barrow
Feb 10, 2017
Gone exploring
It’s been just one week back at work and there is now one more sleep before I depart for Heathrow tomorrow and an evening flight to Oman....
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