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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...

Chris Barrow
Jan 4, 20172 min read


SPQR
The legions of Rome carried their standard before them into battle. The eagle, symbolising The Emperor. The numeral of The Legion. The...

Chris Barrow
Jan 3, 20171 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Dec 29, 20161 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Dec 8, 20162 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Dec 6, 20162 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Dec 5, 20162 min read


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)...

Chris Barrow
Nov 30, 20163 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Nov 8, 20162 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Oct 18, 20162 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Oct 13, 20161 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Apr 28, 20162 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Feb 22, 20161 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Oct 21, 20152 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Oct 1, 20121 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Aug 1, 20122 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Nov 4, 20101 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Nov 3, 20102 min read


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:...

Chris Barrow
Nov 2, 20102 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Nov 1, 20102 min read


Change leadership
Twenty-first century change leadership begins with acknowledgment of the following realities: Change isn’t just a set of tools and...

Chris Barrow
Oct 5, 20101 min read
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