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Dental Office Practice Management, Leadership, Marketing, and Team Building Books
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Dental Office Practice Management, Leadership, Marketing, and Team Building Books

Hello Friends,

Whether you’re looking for a book(s) to improve your leadership skills, provide your dental patients with the very best experiences, or wanting to boost team morale, check out the following book recommendations.

Leadership, Management, Marketing, and Team Building Book Suggestions:

Move Your Bus – Ron Clark

FISH! – Stephen C. Lundin and Harry Paul

Fun Is Good – Mike Veeck & Pete Williams

Dental Practice Hero – Paul Etchison

E-Myth Mastery – Michael E. Gerber

The ONE Thing – Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan

Atomic Habits – James Clear

Making It Easy for Patients to Say Yes: The Complete Guide to Case Acceptance – Paul Homoly

Traction –  Gino Wickman

The Practice RX– Dino Watt

1o Knows To get To Yes! – Kelly Lynch

Bring Your Whole Self to Work: How Vulnerability Unlocks Creativity, Connection, and Performance – Mike Robbins

Overcoming The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team – Patrick Lencioni

The Energy Bus – Jon Gordon (Actually, ALL books by Jon Gordon!)

Our Iceberg is Melting –  John Kotter

Who Moved my Cheese? – Spencer Johnson, MD

Leadershift – John Maxwell (All Maxwell Books)

Be Amazing or Go Home – Shep Hyken   (All Shep Hyken Books)

Everything is Marketing – Fred Joyal

Beyond The Morning HUDDLE – Dr. Ann Marie Gorczyca (All of her books)

If you have some favorites that you think I should add to my list, feel free to shoot me a message at bhaydenconsulting@gmail.com – Thank you.

Consider purchasing team building/self-improvement books for your team. During a team meeting, discuss portions of the book. Or purchase electronic devices such as a Kindle Fire for each employee and download books that can be discussed during a “book club team meeting”.

Find Additional Team Building Activities, Ideas, and Incentives Here

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Yours for Greater Success,

~Betty

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Dental Practice Management Tips and Ideas for June
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Dental Practice Management Tips and Ideas for June

Hello Friends,

Did you catch my dental marketing ideas for June? If not, here is the link  Dental Marketing Tips and Ideas for June.

Now that you have your marketing plans set for June…

Are you looking to boost team morale? Is your dental schedule looking weak? Are you in need of some blog/email topic ideas? I’m here to help!

Dental Practice Management Ideas and Reminders for June

Hygiene Continuing Care/Recare Reminders:

Postcard & Social Media Site Scripting Idea: Summertime is a great time of year and it can also be a busy time of year. We encourage you to remember to take the time to squeeze in your regular dental visit before the summer months fly by. Regular dental visits are so important to your overall health.

More ideas on how to fill the hygiene schedule are found here: Ideas to Fill Holes in the Dental Hygiene Schedule

Incomplete Treatment Reports:

Many insurance companies renewed their maximum on June 1st. Pull a report of any patients due in hygiene or with incomplete treatment that have a June renewal date. Make calls and send letter/text/email that their maximum renewed and encourage them to schedule an appointment.

Blog Topic Ideas:

National Smile Month

National Candy Month

National Dairy Month

National Headache Awareness Week: 3-9th

Men’s Health Week: 11-17th

Say Something Nice Day: 1st – This one is easy, look for opportunities to say something nice to your team. What did we do “right” yesterday? How did we go the extra mile for a patient? Did you notice any team member that did something nice for a patient or another team member?

National Thank God It’s Monday Day: 4th  (First Monday)

If you and your team struggle to “like” Mondays, this might help: How to Love Monday

Recess At Work Day: 21st   

Get outside for a few minutes with your team for some fresh air. If you can’t all get outside, open the windows and turn up the radio.  How about a sweet treat to enjoy during “recess”? (ex: ice cream, frozen drink, etc.)

Here are some more team building ideas: Tips to Improve your Dental Office Part 4 ~ Happy Team

Hope you enjoy these ideas and are able to use some of them to help make the month of June a fantastic one for you, your team and your patients. Please let me know how you plan to use the ideas and what the outcome is. I love to hear about your success stories!

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Yours for Greater Success!

~Betty

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Betty’s Bookshelf – Books for a Happier Doctor and Team
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Betty’s Bookshelf – Books for a Happier Doctor and Team

Hello Friends,

“That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.”               –Amos Bronson Alcott

Of the 60+ books I read in 2015, I wanted to share with you the 5 that I read during November & December. Why? Because these books especially, were closed with profit. If you’re looking to read for personal growth, to help grow your practice, to share with your team or just for fun… I recommend the following: (In no particular order)

Move Your Bus – Ron Clark

move your bus

Ready to motivate and inspire your dental team?  Move Your Bus is a fun, educational & quick read. The description on Amazon says: “These easy to implement techniques will inspire employees and team leaders alike to work harder and smarter and drive the organization to succeed.” I agree!

Rising Strong – Brene’ Brown

rising strong

I chose to include this one because in it are some really smart ways to successfully communicate your feelings. Ways that I believe can greatly help dental team members effectively solve misunderstandings and/or to share thoughts and concerns with one another.

The Ultimate Guide To Doubling & Tripling Your Dental Practice Production

the ultimate guide

If growing your practice is on your “to-do-list” for 2016, read and apply the suggestions shared in this book.

“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.” ~James Bryce

There were many gems to carry away from this book. I LOVED it!

Before Happiness – Shawn Achor

before happiness

In ‘Before Happiness’, Shawn Achor, the Harvard researcher, and best-selling author, gives practical strategies for becoming happier backed up by science. (IMHO the science is fascinating!)

Shawn says: “Before we can be happy and successful, we need to create a positive reality that allow us to see the possibility for both.”

Wouldn’t you agree that we all could benefit from seeing the world through a more positive lens?

Hug Your Customers – Jack Mitchell

hug your customers

This is a nice book to read if you’re wanting to attract new patients and retain loyal patients by providing exceptional customer service.

“Books are the training weights of the mind.” -Epictetus

There you have it, my 5 favorite non-fiction books from my bookshelf in 2015.

If you have already read some or all of these books, feel free to share your thoughts on them with me and/or kindly give this post a “like”.  Do you have any good book suggestions for me to add to my 2016 reading list? Please share them in the comments section.

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Yours for Greater Success,

~Betty

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Betty’s Reading List for 2013

Hello Friends,

Today on my Bacon & Kids blog, I shared the books that I have read so far this year. I wanted to share the post with you all because I read some really great Business & Dental Marketing books. Please feel free to share with me your favorites. I’m always looking to add new books to my reading list.

Enjoy!

“Hello,

December already! The year is almost over and I failed to update my reading list each month, until now…

This is what I have read for 2013 so far and as always this is in addition to my daily Bible reading, Bible study publications and the many, many books that are read to our sweet children 😀

bettys book corner bacon and kids hayden consulting

There are some really great books in this list!

Business & Marketing

Always Know What To Say – Easy Ways To Approach And Talk To Anyone ~ Murphy, Peter W.

 Smart Talk: ~ Lisa B. Marshall

 Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit: The Secrets of Building a Five-Star Customer Service Organization

~ Leonardo Inghilleri

Endless Referrals ~Burg, Bob

Be A People Person: Effective Leadership Through Effective Relationships

~John C. Maxwell

 Employee Engagement 2.0: How to Motivate Your Team for High Performance (A Real-World Guide for Busy Managers)

~Kevin Kruse

 Eat That Frog ~Brian Tracy

Raving Fans ~Ken Blanchard

 Building Better Relationships: Proven Strategies to Make the Most of Your Personal Connections (Collection) ~Richard Templar, Linda Elder, Richard Paul, Mark Woods, Trapper Woods, Merrick Rosenberg, Daniel Silvert

 Dental Marketing Fusion ~Mike Saunders MBA

 Word of Mouth: 2013 Marketing Calendar for Dental Practices ~Elizabeth Kraus

 How to Work for Yourself: 100 Ways to Make the Time, Energy and Priorities to Start a Business, Book or Blog ~Bryan Cohen

Say YES! to Change: 27 Secrets to Motivating Yourself and Your Team ~Lawrence Polsky

 Family & Self Improvement

 The Stress Free You: How to Live Stress Free and Feel Great Everyday, Starting Today  ~O’Brien, Elizabeth

 Declutter your life ~Ideas, Infinite

 Parenting With Love And Logic ~Foster Cline, Jim Fay

 Become the Confident Mom You’ve Always Wanted to Be ~Susan Heid

 Choose Yourself ~James Altucher

 Dad is Fat ~Jim Gaffigan

 How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk  ~Adele Faber

 The Complete Life’s Little Instruction Book ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.

 The Positive Thinking Secret ~Aaron Kennard

 Book Love: Help Your Child Grow from Reluctant to Enthusiastic Reader 1st Edition ~Melissa Taylor

 Fiction – Just for Fun

 Simply Amazing ~Shaw, Candace

 Waking Up Married ~Kelly, Mira Lyn

 The Mother Load ~Bates, Keeley

 What Alice Forgot ~Liane Moriarty

 In Need of Therapy ~Tracie Banister, Jeff Okerstrom

 Worth The Drive ~Mara Jacobs

 Worth The Fall ~Mara Jacobs

 Worth The Weight ~Mara Jacobs

 With a View ~Alanna Coca

 Next Year I’ll be Perfect ~Laura Kilmartin

 Waiting for You ~Abigail Strom

 Chocolate for Two ~Maria Murnane

 Cross My Heart ~Abigail Strom

 Tea For Two~ Diane Moody

 Into Your Arms ~Abigail Strom

 Double Dare ~Rhonda Nelson

 Honeymoon For One ~Chris Keniston

 Hand-Me-Down Love ~Jennifer Ransom

 Paper Roses ~Amanda Cabot

 Will you be adding any of these books to your 2014 reading list? Please feel free to share your book suggestions for my 2014 reading list. I love adding new books to my bookshelves!

 Happy Reading to you!

 ~Betty”