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New Achievements, New Habits – the Coach Barrow Spring Retreat begins..
It’s important to understand the difference between achievements and habits when you are goal-setting. An achievement is a specific...

Chris Barrow
Apr 20, 20182 min read


How to surround yourself with great people – it’s easier than you think
Today is the last day at work for my trusted business manager Phillippa Goodwin. Don’t panic! She’s off to walk the Camino Trail in...

Chris Barrow
Apr 13, 20182 min read


What to do when (not if) you suffer from imposter syndrome
A characteristic I notice frequently as I listen to clients is “imposter syndrome”, so called because there are times when we don’t feel...

Chris Barrow
Apr 10, 20181 min read


Winter came – and what I hope to be talking about this evening
Newcastle this morning and temperatures of -5 and a few inches of snow as the city slowly wakes. This evening I’m booked to meet with The...

Chris Barrow
Feb 28, 20182 min read


Doing Good Can Be Good For Your Bottom Line, Too – a guest post from Mark Topley
Chris Barrow has seen me at my best. And probably my very worst. Specifically, when we were halfway up the frozen scree slope of Mount...

Chris Barrow
Feb 6, 20184 min read


The right answer to the wrong questions
Up at 05:00 this morning and back into my weekday routine for the first time since Friday 23rd December (which feels like 3 months ago...

Chris Barrow
Jan 10, 20182 min read


We are more alike than different
After yesterday’s demanding Portsmouth Marathon (black ice, running on beaches, rain, mud) I decided to spend an extra hour in bed this...

Chris Barrow
Dec 18, 20172 min read


The Friday riff on a cracking week and deciding to be happy
Friday morning at the Hilton Gatwick and I’ll shortly be catching the Express into Central London for my last client meeting of the week...

Chris Barrow
Dec 15, 20172 min read


Guys! – this is why getting the detail right in language is important
I flew Aer Lingus from Manchester to Dublin yesterday (actually, one of those little aircraft that is really operated by Stobart). The...

Chris Barrow
Nov 21, 20171 min read


Why staff appraisals are dead – and what to do instead
This question came in last night from a Practice Manager: Its staff appraisals time, my Principal wonders if you have a different...

Chris Barrow
Nov 7, 20173 min read


BDIA Showcase gossip – day 2 – Friday 20th October 2017
What is it about conferences that you grab a relatively early night (22:30 lights out), having had no booze and a carb-free meal – then...

Chris Barrow
Oct 21, 20174 min read


BDIA Showcase gossip – day 1 – Thursday 19th October
Certainly a great looking show, even if we have been relegated to Hall 3 as the members of The Motorhome and Caravan Show gather for the...

Chris Barrow
Oct 20, 20173 min read


Will you be taking a close look at dentistry in The Showcase next week?
Not long now until the BDIA Showcase 2017 at Birmingham’s NEC and I’m really looking forward to the 3 days this year. The Showcase offers...

Chris Barrow
Oct 11, 20171 min read


Free download – The End of Treatment Protocol – a 5-step reminder
The main purpose of a daily huddle is to identify those patients coming to the end of a course of (probably cosmetic) treatment (EOT) and...

Chris Barrow
Oct 6, 20171 min read


The PIVOT – the moment when everything changes
There comes a moment in personal or business development when we PIVOT. At that moment, the course changes in a fundamentally new...

Chris Barrow
Oct 5, 20172 min read


How to get your end of treatment protocol embedded as a successful habit
Once upon a time, I was visiting a dental practice whilst one of their patients left the building at the conclusion of his Invisalign...

Chris Barrow
Oct 3, 20173 min read


What makes a successful dental practice owner and the distress that makes people quit
Observation #1 Ashley and I recorded our latest podcast yesterday with our friend and Founder/Principal of PDC Dental Dr. Alex Jones....

Chris Barrow
Sep 26, 20171 min read


Do yourself a favour – look up from that screen
So there I was, feeling a little sorry for myself because this week is a series of 05:00 alarm calls and 22:00 hotel arrivals, dashing up...

Chris Barrow
Sep 13, 20171 min read


Why you need to build a team who don’t resist change – they embrace it
Of one thing we can be sure. In 5 years from now, your business will be indescribably different from the way it is today. That’s what...

Chris Barrow
Aug 8, 20172 min read


Why there is no point in hiring a coach if it means that you will have more to do
You can’t do it all by yourself. There’s too much to do nowadays. You have to delegate. Let’s just spend a moment thinking about that....

Chris Barrow
Jul 12, 20171 min read
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