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From Elevator Speech to Storytelling: how to ask for dental referrals that actually work
Yesterday's post was about my BNI membership in the early 1990's and how we used the Elevator Speech to introduce ourselves. As promised,...
Chris Barrow
Apr 12 min read
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Before Digital, there was Dialogue: what BNI taught me about self-introduction
It was back in the early 1990's that I started to attend Business Network International (BNI) meetings, at The Cresta Court Hotel in...
Chris Barrow
Mar 311 min read
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Read this or risk extinction: Colin Campbell said it better than I ever could
I thought I would have to comment on my experiences at IDS this morning. Then I read Colin Campbell's blog and realised that he had done...
Chris Barrow
Mar 281 min read
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Reboot your day: The real reason we huddle (and what’s in it for you)
Today's post was inspired by the Business Manager who shared with me that her team were complaining because they "didn't see the point"...
Chris Barrow
Mar 272 min read
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Abundance, Alignment and the art of showing up
I'm off to The Campbell Academy today (2nd time in 10 days) to attend as visiting guest lecturer on their Dental Entrepreneurial...
Chris Barrow
Mar 261 min read
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Something good: remembering the week that changed everything
I suspect that this week all of us will take a moment to think back to the stay at home announcement from Boris Johnson on the Monday...
Chris Barrow
Mar 253 min read
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April pay reviews: navigating NICs, CPI, AEI, and the risks of a BFZ
Some choices on pay reviews in April - definitions first: NIC = Rachel Reeves' increase in Employer's National Insurance payments; BFZ =...
Chris Barrow
Mar 241 min read
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From the classroom to the clinic – Alex Blake’s journey into dental practice management
In this episode of Conversations with Chris , we welcome Alex Blake, the non-dentist co-owner and joint managing director of Blake...
Chris Barrow
Mar 211 min read
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Falling back in love with your dental business: from stale to thriving again
I meet dental practice owners whose relationship with their own business has become like a stale marriage. It was all romance and...
Chris Barrow
Mar 201 min read
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The illusion of partnership: why minority shareholding in dentistry rarely works
One of those periodic calls yesterday from a Principal who has been approached by a friend, The Associate, who is working in a city 30...
Chris Barrow
Mar 192 min read
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