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Why things don’t get done
Many is the time a client has said to me: No matter how many times I ask, things just don’t seem to get done Things don’t NOT get done...
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Chris Barrow
- Jan 3, 2017
SPQR
The legions of Rome carried their standard before them into battle. The eagle, symbolising The Emperor. The numeral of The Legion. The...
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Chris Barrow
- Dec 29, 2016
Things that take time
It takes longer than you think: to build an ethical business with a really valuable proposition to build a superb management/support team...
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Chris Barrow
- Dec 8, 2016
Food and Think
Food I fell off the Paleo nutrition tracks about 3 months ago and have steadily allowed the dreaded yet delicious carbs back into my...
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Chris Barrow
- Dec 6, 2016
The Guide
I mentioned in a Facebook Live transmission last night that I’m starting my journey through an online course offered through Udemy by...
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Chris Barrow
- Dec 5, 2016
The Forum for Independent Dental Entrepreneurs
On Saturday at one of my favourite London CPD venues Seminars at 38 I attended the inaugural meeting of FIDES. A total of 16 in actual...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 30, 2016
Your destiny
In his celebrated work, The E-Myth Revisited, author and business coach Michael Gerber (inspiring me by still going strong at age 80)...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 8, 2016
The power of apathy
Brexit happened because apathetic Millennials couldn’t be bothered voting for us to stay in Europe. If Trump wins, it will be because...
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Chris Barrow
- Oct 18, 2016
Recruiting the “stand out” business manager
The word “business manager” is important here. I don’t consider it part of my scope of practice to comment on the performance of a clinic...
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Chris Barrow
- Oct 13, 2016
Your monthly management meeting agenda
Chatting to a Principal last night about her 3-year business strategy (a former client), she asked me “Chris are you just dealing with...
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Chris Barrow
- Apr 28, 2016
Dinner in Cirencester
Yesterday was already a good day when I checked into The Kings Head, Cirencester. After a hugely positive meeting with a prospective new...
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Chris Barrow
- Feb 22, 2016
Questions
The question is not “how does this work?” The correct question is “who do I know who knows how this works?” Delegation. The question is...
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Chris Barrow
- Oct 21, 2015
You are only as good as your managers
I’ve shared before the above graphic that suggests the correct organisational structure for a 2015 dental micro-corporate (and pretty...
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Chris Barrow
- Oct 1, 2012
Micro-management is not leadership
Micro-management “I don’t trust you.” “I want you to run every decision past me.” “I must be in the loop, you are not authorised to do...
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Chris Barrow
- Aug 1, 2012
Leadership and communication
In every practice, business and corporation there are teams of people who see the world through different eyes. Let’s consider some of...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 4, 2010
Leadership example 4: DBC clients, Spring Grove Clinic
David and Dawn Cunningham from Spring Grove Clinic are DBC Elite clients and I’m pleased to say they have been shortlisted for no less...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 3, 2010
Leadership example 3: DBC Clients, Tooth +
Rachael Blyth from Tooth + is a DBC Mastermind client. The Tooth + 2010 Private Dentistry Award nominations are for: Most Attractive...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 2, 2010
Leadership example 2: DBC clients, The Smile Spa
The Smile Spa team of Susan and Simon Andrews are DBC Elite clients. The Smile Spa 2010 Private Dentistry Awards nominations are for:...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 1, 2010
Leadership example 1: DBC clients, Ollie and Darsh
The Ollie & Darsh team of Daz Singh, Sudarsh Naidoo and Suzy Gorman, are DBC Mastermind clients. The practice has been nominated for...
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Chris Barrow
- Oct 5, 2010
Change leadership
Twenty-first century change leadership begins with acknowledgment of the following realities: Change isn’t just a set of tools and...
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