{"id":108,"date":"2010-07-25T14:13:26","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T14:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dentalsupportspecialties.wordpress.com\/?p=108"},"modified":"2025-10-03T20:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:23:34","slug":"jump-start-your-growth-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dentalsupportspecialties.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/25\/jump-start-your-growth-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Jump start your growth TODAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s a strange world with these economic times. Some practices are thriving, new patients are flowing and it’s business as usual. Other practices aren’t so fortunate – cash flow is down, new patient flow is slow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is this your practice? Are you stressed out, wondering how on earth you are going to manage to keep things going, make your payroll and overhead while still somehow trying to get enjoyment out of what you do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Take a deep breath and relax. With commitment, hard work, growth strategies and team cohesion, it is more than possible to jump-start your practice growth, find the passion again that led you to become a dentist in the first place and enjoy the results that hard work and consistent commitment to change will bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Success doesn’t just come knocking on your door. Opportunity does and you need to be able to recognize it to make the most of it when it comes your way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If you like getting what you are getting, keep doing what you are doing”. If your practice is not where you want it to be right now, something obviously needs to change. You’re not going to miraculously go in your practice tomorrow and have 10 new patients, patients offering up payment, a team with great, enthusiastic morale just by sitting there and wishing these thoughts into existence. You have to make the decision for change, make an action plan and GO! You have surround yourself with people who support your visions of hard work and success!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.” Albert Einstein.  You may want to make the change but you must first change your thinking that got you to this point and accept the need for change. Yep, that’s a hard one. It can be done. It’s called stepping outside the box, welcoming the change and getting excited for the fantastic journey you are now embarking upon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all this being said, it can be a challenge to initiate change. It’s ok to start small as long as you start TODAY<\/strong>! Get excited for what tomorrow can bring!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make a mind map for one area of your practice; the one area that you feel needs to be updated most to produce rapid results.  Patient Care, Front Desk, Clinical, Hygiene, Dentist, Practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now take a look at the systems and protocols in place for this area. Do you have an updated SOP manual? Are your team members fully aware of all the expectations you have in place for them and their positions? Lack of systems = lack of results. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few questions to ask yourself to get started:<\/p>\n\n\n\n