Coach Chris Barrow - DBC No. 2 in Top 50 | Dental Business Club DBC

No.2 in Top 50 and Published Author

My Personal Brand Statement

Chris is a knowledgeable expert who offers practical business logic, relevant, effective, proven ideas and a serious depth of character.

An original, independent thinker, he is a non-conformist who continually seeks out new horizons to explore, challenges to resolve, boundaries to push, rules to break and odds to beat.

Direct and decisive, Chris reaches conclusions rapidly, with minimal information.

When he doesn't immediately get productive, efficient results, he perseveres, testing new ideas and learning from his findings.

Chris's ability to spontaneously innovate, strategize and analyze enables him to quickly resolve the most perplexing problems.

Strong willed, assertive and determined, Chris delights in fixing, rekindling and bringing things (and people) back to life.

An effective and efficient communicator, Chris keeps everyone on point by identifying clear goals and focusing on priorities.

Charismatic, energetic and dynamic, his counter-culture, “tough love” approach gives everything he presents a unique appeal.

A polished and entertaining speaker, his strong presence gives him exceptional control of the room.

Chris's style is casual, open, authentic and adaptable.

A natural leader and big picture thinker, he is easy to speak with, delightfully warm, funny and caring.

His endless jokes and wicked Mancunian wit ensure that there's never a dull moment.

He walks his talk better than most, by sharing both his strengths and vulnerabilities.

Chris is committed to helping people succeed in their lives and businesses, in less time than it took him, and with greater ease.

Personal and professional mission statements

MISSION STATEMENT FROM CHRIS BARROW

To be a catalyst, inspiring others to action as they identify their mission, roles and goals.
To be ever mindful that between stimulus and response there is only freedom to choose.
In my role as a family leader

to act worthily as a partner, best friend and lover.

As a hero, teacher and role model to my children -

To be the wind under their wings.
To keep all of my promises.
To provide unconditional love and adequate time for each of them.

In my role as entrepreneur

To remember that I can gain nothing in my professional life without giving something first.d
To have earned the respect of my strategic partners and my peers.
To be a leader, guide and role model to my support team.

In my role as a coach

To have assisted clients in establishing their own consuming vision of the future
To translate that vision into goals and to have established a plan of action.
To be a principal trusted adviser and friend.
To become an internationally recognized speaker, writer and mentor who has designed a template that clients can use to create permanent transformation in their professional and personal lives.

In my role as a friend

To be pro-active in my concern.
To be constant and unconditional in my friendship.

In my role as a community volunteer

To devote a portion of my time and energy to help those in need.

For myself

To maintain fitness and health through nutrition, sleep, exercise and meditation.
Through exercise to maintain strength, agility, flexibility and endurance
To focus on my unique abilities and to effectively delegate (but not abdicate) all else.
To design and create a perfect life and environment.
To achieve and maintain financial independence, to eliminate stress and to share many years of peace, prosperity and balance with those I love.

MISSION STATEMENT for THE DENTAL BUSINESS CLUB

In our role as business coaches -

To assist clients in the achievement of the eight outcomes.
To give our clients:

Vision and insight
Constructive feedback
Advice and counsel
Critical analysis
Support and encouragement
Crisis or failure control plans
a solid role model
Self-confidence and a stronger self-esteem
a safe area to discuss ideas and options

In our role as employers

to create and maintain a self-motivated championship support team who consider working with us to be the inspiration to fulfill their own potential.
To continually ask for and listen to suggestions as to how we can improve.
To share generously in our present and future profits.
To constantly search for and acquire new skills and technologies that will add value to our client and staff relationships.
To ensure that through prudent financial management my business remains debt free, financially strong and thus creates security for both clients and support team.

In our role as networkers -

to continually introduce clients to a carefully selected panel of specialists in other professions who can work with us to fulfill our mission statement and our clients' goals.

In our role as community volunteers -

to be willing to sponsor clients, contacts and support team in their charitable endeavors when requested.
To become involved in our own charitable activity and to be willing to devote our time and talents to help others when requested on a pro bono basis.

Speakers bio – Chris Barrow

Chris Barrow has been active as a consultant, trainer and coach to the UK dental profession for over 15 years. Chris combines long experience and deep expertise with the originality and independence needed to resolve the thorniest problems. Naturally direct, assertive and determined, he has the ability to reach conclusions quickly, as well as the sharp reflexes and lightness of touch to innovate, change tack and push boundaries.

Chris spent the first 17 years of his working life in the corporate sector and followed this with 23 years of self-employment. The different dynamics of both worlds have given him the valuable gift of knowing how to operate – and communicate – in both. In 1987 Chris was active in the establishment of the Institute for Financial Planning, an organisation representing the first fee-based Financial Planners; Chris specialised in working with small businesses. In 1993 Chris decided to make the transition to business coaching and became one of the first UK students at Coach University, from where he graduated as a certified coach.

Recognising the opportunity in the dental profession, 1997 saw the creation of The Dental Business School (DBS) and the development of a 12-month business coaching programme for dental practice owners and their teams, delivered to over 400 UK dental practices in the following 10 years. In October 2008, Chris became Director of Private Sector Development at Integrated Dental Holdings Ltd and now acts as an occasional consultant to IDH as well as continuing his freelance consultancy work for corporates, PCTs and independent practices. His current main focus is as Co-Founder of the Barrow Kwong Hing Group of Companies, a private dental corporate active in independent and retail dentistry and post-graduate dental education, operating in the UK and Canada. As a speaker he is dynamic, energetic and charismatic. Ask Chris what motivates him, and he’ll say it’s to help people succeed in their lives and businesses more quickly and easily than he did.