Shared Practices | Your Dental Roadmap through Practice Ownership Ask George - Leadership in Real Terms
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Feb 23, 2026 Practical leadership for dental practice owners broken into everyday actions. Topics include self-awareness to lead authentically and building complementary leadership teams. Clear vision communication and onboarding as culture tools. Systems for accountability, SOPs, meetings, and raising the performance floor. Managing trust, boundaries, problem+solution feedback, and allocating resources to grow the practice.
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Use Onboarding To Cement Your Vision
- Create and repeat a clear vision, mission, and core values so your team knows where you're going.
- Use onboarding as the moment to present the ideal version of your practice and what success looks like.
Kept Fridays Despite Staff Resistance
- George describes opening Fridays despite pushback because Fridays are necessary for his group practice vision.
- He researched how to fill Fridays and acknowledged staff concerns while keeping the non-negotiable.
Authority Is Not The Same As Influence
- Authority (rights) differs from influence (credibility); owners have authority but must earn influence for buy-in.
- Influence determines whether directives get wholehearted ownership or half-hearted compliance.
