The Dental Head Start podcast is made to help dental students become great dentists. You cant google the path to dental success, but you can learn from those already there. We interview dentists who have achieved what you’re striving for and get the story behind the struggles, the successes and the advice they want you to hear. Get the head start you need in your dental career.
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Create a dental practice and a business life you love with Dr Jesse Green as he interviews successful dentists, entrepreneurs and athletes . Listen in as guests share their stories, ideas and business techniques that you can take back to your practice to have more patients, more profit and less stress. This is the podcast where great dentistry meets great business. For more free resources visit https://savvydentist.com/ (http://DrJesseGreen.com)
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461: David Keir - Finding strength through adversity
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David Keir is perhaps one of the greatest thinkers when it comes to helping new graduates start their dental career. David is the host of the Dental Headstart podcast created to help dental students become great dentists. David spent over 10 years dental assisting before graduating from The University of Sydney in 2016. The idea of Dental Head Star…
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OHT Pathways Focus #2 – Working in Prosthodontics with Amelia Musulin
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Welcome to the OHT pathways focus series by Dental Head Start. Listen to a limited series of interviews with OHTs that have taken the less traditional general practice pathway and used their scope to endeavour into a unique, different and fulfilling career. Hosted by Christina Potestas In this episode, I sit down with Amielia, an Oral Health Therap…
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Valuing your dental practice is crucial for understanding its financial worth. It's really important to understand that as we go about growing our practice, we want to build your practice the right way. Accurate valuation helps in making informed business decisions and ensures that you maximise your practice’s potential and profitability. In this e…
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TIP #141 – A Pep Talk for Dental Students in Exams… with Dr Ben Lee Part 2
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Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Hieu Dong Hey dental students, exam period got you stressing? Same… I…
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459: 4 Crucial Steps to Retaining Your best team members
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In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast Dr. Jesse Green discusses the importance of building a rock-solid team culture within your business. After 450plus episodes of the Savvy Dentist Podcast we all know the basics of great team culture; Understand the strengths of each individual. Explain your business vision. Get your employees involved. De…
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FEATURE #93 – Dreaming big: A journey from dentist to entrepreneur with Dr Namita Gupta
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Hosted by Dr David Keir In this episode, David chats with Dr. Namita Gupta about her career journey from dental school to owning multiple dental practices and starting her tech business, Restocq. Namita discusses her early career experiences working in both regional and city practices, which helped her gain a variety of skills. She emphasizes the i…
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In this episode of The Savvy Dentist podcast, Dr. Jesse Green discusses the most precious resource we have … our time. When it comes to running a business, one of the most common things that dentists say is that they want to make more money. And then once they're making ‘more’ money, then their desire turns to them having more time in their life, w…
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TIP #140 – Crowns for Beginners with Dr Ben Lee Part 1
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Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Hieu Dong Direct? Indirect? Porcelain? Metal? Porcelain fused to meta…
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How To Scale Up Successfully with Verne Harnish
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In this episode, I chat with Verne Harnish. Verne is the founder of the world-renowned Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), with over 11,000 members worldwide. He is also founder and CEO of Gazelles, a global executive education and coaching company with over 180 partners on six continents. Verne has spent the past three decades helping companies scal…
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TIP #139 – The strongest bond in dentistry: Dental assistant and Dentist with Rochelle Fisher
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Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Christina Potestas In this episode, I sit down with Rochelle Fisher, …
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In this episode of The Savvy Dentist podcast, Dr. Jesse Green discusses what is working now in the current market conditions, to fill the white space in your appointment book. White spaces impact your business revenue, which in turn creates a downturn in your cash flow and profits. So it’s important to identify some of the root causes and Dr. Jesse…
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It's hard to believe, but the Savvy Dentist Podcast has now surpassed 450 episodes! When I started this journey all those years ago, I never could have imagined how far we'd come. To honour this milestone, I've decided to revisit some of my most memorable conversations - and what better place to start than with Nauv Kashyap? Nauv was the second gue…
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OHT Pathways Focus #1 – Working in Orthodontics with Mirna Yousif
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Welcome to the OHT pathways focus series by Dental Head Start. Listen to a limited series of interviews with OHTs that have taken the less traditional general practice pathway and used their scope to endeavour into a unique, different and fulfilling career. Hosted by Christina Potestas In this episode, I chat with Mirna Yousif, an OHT who worked in…
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457: The 6 Step Recruitment Process every practice needs - Jackie Strachan
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In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green is joined by HR specialist, Jackie Strachan from HR Tactics. Jackie’s passion for creating better Human Resources outcomes stems from over 20 years’ experience in the field and a drive for finding innovative solutions. Recruiting the ‘right’ people, and keeping the right people is an ong…
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TIP #138 [RE-RUN] – Standing Your Ground with Dr Amanda Phoon Nguyen
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Rerun Series: Find your support network on social media. Picked by Christina Potestas This series of re-run episodes is a curated selection of interviews to help listeners cut through the noise of social media and start finding their support network of dentists who are actively sharing their expertise and life online. These interviews reveal more a…
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458: A Tactical Guide to Growing Your Practice
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Since 2016, the concept of The Savvy Dentist Podcast was to share the best thinking, the best ideas and the best practices from other industries, and bring them back to dentists so that you can adopt them for your own. So you can create the practice and the life that you ultimately want to create. Thank you to each of you who have tuned in over the…
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FEATURE #92 – POV: You’re a Dental Student in 2024 with Nathan Lau, Emily Lee, Jack Awad and Ashton Foo
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Hosted by Hieu Dong In this episode, we get a glimpse into the world of dental school and dental students in 2024. Join Nathan from Griffith Uni, Emily from UQ, Jack from USYD and Ashton from UWA as they share what a day in the life is like at their uni’s and give valuable advice for younger students. From the parties and fun to the grind and stres…
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455: How I accidentally opened 8 clinics - Dr Dylan Hyam
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In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green is joined by Dr. Dylan Hyam, experienced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. Now, if you've ever thought that running a dental practice can be challenging at times, well, frankly, you're absolutely right. It can be very challenging on occasion. But how about running eight practices all at on…
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454: Getting comfortable with Your Marketing - Michelle Tayler
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In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green is joined by Michelle Tayler from Marketing Practices. Marketing is what will drive your business forward, and it will help you achieve new heights of revenue, and scale. Michelle is a marketing professional who works specifically with dental practice owners to help you implement effecti…
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453: Hey Siri ... Navigating Life with Karen Jacobsen
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In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green is joined by International Speaker, Concert Artist, Voice Over Actor, and Songwriter Karen Jacobsen. You may not have heard of Karen by name, but we guarantee you will have heard her voice, especially if you've ever uttered the phrase, “Hey Siri”. Karen is the voice of Siri and is heard …
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TIP #137 – OHT Student Spotlight with Kaitlyn White: Thriving and Surviving Uni
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Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Christina Potestas Wow, we are well within the first semester this ye…
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452: Business lessons from owning multiple practices & starting disruptive tech ventures
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Dr. Namita Gupta is an Implant and Cosmetic surgeon, educator, and visionary entrepreneur, with over 21 years of dental industry experience. As the Co-founder of Restocq, and multiple greenfield dental practices, Dr. Gupta seamlessly blends her passion for dentistry with a keen entrepreneurial spirit. Her mission is to combine passion with purpose,…
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FEATURE #91 – Empowering Women and Everything in Between with Dr Tiffany Chen
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Hosted by Dr David Keir David and Tiffany sit down and uncover their similar experiences in their journeys to becoming the dentists they are today. Tiffany moved from New Zealand to pursue dental school in Australia and took a liking to the relaxed atmosphere that regional life gave just after graduating. After working for a few years, she took off…
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451: Growth is inversely correlated to control
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In dentistry, we are always working with precision and control over a patient's situation. Having acute attention-to-detail creates a perfectionist tendency in us all, and this trait is critical to achieving great clinical outcomes. Now, in a clinical setting this makes so much sense. But in a business and operational sense and a broader life persp…
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TIP #136 – Seeing Your First Patient with Dr Nicole Contemplacion & Laura Righetto (OHT)
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Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Christina Potestas I wanted to dedicate this episode to all my peers …
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On The Savvy Dentist Podcast we talk with a lot of really motivated and driven practice owners, who are some of the most talented dental practice owners in Australia. There can be a big difference between a practice owner who sets a big hairy audacious goal … and achieves it! Against an owner who sets an equally large audacious goal … yet does not …
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Feature #90 – Our Dental School Journeys So Far with Hieu Dong & Christina Potestas
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In this episode, Hieu and Christina miraculously got a chance amongst their hectic schedules to catch up and get to know each other a little better. Like dental school, they joined the Dental Head Start team with two feet running so it was fun to chill for a sec and in fact discover that they have quite unique experiences and journeys into dental s…
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In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green discusses how to utilise TikTok when marketing your dental practice with one of Australia's most renowned digital marketing experts,Talia Datt. Talia explains the pros and cons and the different strategies around many different social media platforms. Instagram, Facebook, Google, but in …
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448: The surprising role of personal branding to scale your practice
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In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green discusses marketing, with Nina Christian. Nina Christian is the author of Marketing Me. Nina is an expert when it comes to personal branding and she's an expert at helping businesses achieve scale through personal branding. If you plan to scale up your practice, you need to be able to wo…
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447: Case Study - going to zero clinical days Michael Filosi
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If you're a practice owner who's always wondered, “how do I build a business so that I can create time freedom in my life”? Then this is an episode you're going to really love. In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green is speaking to Dr. Michael Filosi from Fullarton Park Dental in Adelaide. Michael has been on quite the journey…
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As a practice owner, we have so many things coming at us at all times that it's easy to lose focus from the outcomes we truly want. And losing our focus can result in us not doing the tasks and things we know we need to do, when we need to do them. It's easy to lose discipline. And if we're not disciplined, we end up living with the regret that com…
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445: High Performance Lessons from the Chief Olympic Psychologist
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In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast we discuss how to cope with change? How to build a great team? How to we become the best version of ourselves so that we show up and perform at our best every day. When we know what's limiting us and where our blind spots are, we can navigate our business to greater heights. Dr. Jesse Green is joined by …
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444: Case Study - Multiple Practice Ownership - Dr Vandana Budhwar
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In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast we do a deep dive on how to scale your business. Scaling up a business can make you more money, give you more free time, and ultimately you will design a business, rather than a job. Dr. Vandana Budhwa owns 2 dental practices and in this episode shares her business scale-up insights and experiences. Dr. …
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FEATURE #89 – How to become a confident, competent, and resilient dentist with Dr Raghu Channapati
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Today we have a fascinating discussion with Dr. Raghu Chennapati about helping new graduates transition smoothly into the dental profession. Dr. Chennapati has a unique perspective, having trained as a prosthodontist in India before moving to Australia and starting his career over as a general dentist. He shares insights from his own journey of nav…
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443: Mindset Mastery - the first step to business success
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In the field of human achievement, one question that is constantly asked is why do some people achieve so much … while other people find it much harder? In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast we explore this topic in detail with Mindset Coach and Personal Trainer Beth Bishop. Beth has years of experience in helping professionals master their …
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442: Are you a sitting duck for a cyber attack?
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Cyber attacks aren't just an urban myth and I'm speaking from experience. One Monday morning I found our dental IT system in lock down and our business held to ransom by a CryptoLocker attack. Fortunately, I'd met James Borg and he was my knight in shining armour. James is the Managing Director of Teamwork Technology and in this episode we discuss …
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How was 2023 for you? Was it a profitable year in your business? Did you achieve the things you set out to accomplish? Were you worn-out and stressed at the end of the year? Was it a ‘good year’ … or GREAT year? In this episode of the Savvy Dentist Podcast Dr. Jesse Green is going to explain how you can turn a good year … into a GREAT year! You’ll …
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REPUBLISH: 304 The Thriving Mind With Jenny Brockis
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As business owners, we need to be the best version of ourselves to lead our team and take care of our clients. But to do that, we must first be able to take care of ourselves including our mental well-being. My guest today, Dr Jenny Brockis, author of Thriving Mind: How to Cultivate a Good Life, talks to us about self care and how we can make sure …
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In this republished episode of the Savvy Dentist Podcast, I converse with Dr John Demartini for a very interesting discussion on human behaviour and living a life you love. Dr Demartini is a human behaviour specialist, educator, internationally published author and business consultant. His expertise in personal and professional development and achi…
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440: The 5 Leadership Voices - Jeremie Kubicek
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Most of the challenges that business owners have, including practice owners, relate to people. If we can improve how we communicate, if we can improve how we relate with one another, we're going to improve trust. And when we improve trust, we create engagement, productivity, and a whole heap of good culture. In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Pod…
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437: Building an ecosystem of businesses - Dr Rashi Gupta
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In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green chats to friend and colleague Dr. Rashi Gupta. Dr. Gupta owns multiple dental practices plus many other businesses that complement and capture the community around the areas of her Dental Practices, including childcare centers, general anesthetic facilities, medical centers, and cafes. I…
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436: 3 Keys to making 2024 the best year ever
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We all love this festive time of the year because it's a time of relaxation, it's a time of family, it's a time of kids and excitement around Santa and all that good stuff. But we also know that at this time of year, typically, practice owners start to fatigue. You may be looking forward to the festive break so much that you're limping to the finis…
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435: Compassionate Prosperity - Andrea Putting
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Welcome to The Savvy Dentist Podcast, where we explore the ins and outs of running a successful dental practice. In this episode Dr. Jesse Green delves into a topic that's not just relevant to dentistry but to workplaces everywhere … compassion. In the fast-paced world of dentistry, where precision and expertise are paramount, it's easy to overlook…
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434: Turning Consultations into Conversions
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Sales isn’t a dirty word … or just a business function. Magnetic corporations and brands attract and bond with their customers differently. So can our Dental practices. Ingrid Maynard has an impressive 25-year track record of transforming business outcomes in record time frames for some of Australia and New Zealand’s most iconic brands. In this epi…
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TIP #135 – Endodontic Radiography: How to catch that apex! with A/Prof William Ha
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Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Haydyn Bathurst In dental school, taking PAs in endodontics has been …
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434: Shark Attack Survivor's Guide to Business Resilience
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Turning the worst day of your life into your best is no easy feat, but sometimes there is simply no other option. In Brett Connellan’s case, this day included the moment every surfer’s worst nightmare became his reality when he was attacked by a Great White Shark. In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast Dr. Jesse Green introduces you to Brett …
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433: Dr Pankaj Arora - How to Scale Up Rapidly
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In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green chats to emergency physician Dr. Pankaj Arora. Dr. Pankaj Arora has two large multidisciplinary clinics and is opening five more. Dr. Arora has been in emergency medicine for 28 years. He is the founder of the WISE Clinics, which stands for Walk In Specialist Emergency Clinics. And he ha…
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FEATURE #88 – Our Implant Journeys with Dr Graeme Pearson & Dr David Keir
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If you’ve been a long time listener of the podcast, you may recognise some familiar voices in this episode! In this month’s Feature, Dr David Keir and Dr Graeme Pearson are back on the show to catch us up on their dental journeys and in particular, on their implant journeys. Both David and Graeme have taken different approaches to their further edu…
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432: How to retain your best team members
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We all understand that recruiting in today's marketplace is a little more challenging. In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast Dr. Jesse Green discusses team retention and some of the factors that influence team retention. From money, to career development, workplace environment, and core values of the organisation, which factors influence a c…
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431: 3 Powerful Leadership Tools for Practice Owners
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In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast we're having a really important conversation around ‘progress’, and how it relates to leadership for the practice owner. We all want to feel like we're making progress. We want to feel like tomorrow's gonna be better than today. There are three perspectives on progress that will help you accelerate your …
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