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We need a new Academy to create exceptional managers
Here’s an interesting extract from a client email received yesterday: Chris you should create an Academy and train managers to become...

Chris Barrow
Apr 26, 20181 min read


How a 30-year old Italian clinic embraced patient video testimonials in just 16 days
I’ve recently started working with a 30-year old, 13-chair practice in central Milan, Italy, confusingly (for some readers) named Adec...

Chris Barrow
Apr 19, 20181 min read


Feeling the pulse – what my clients told me yesterday
Extreme Business 2018 London workshop done and my 47 delegates are sent home with spreadsheets, handouts and their heads buzzing with...

Chris Barrow
Apr 17, 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


Sponges and Abstainers – identifying types in your team
Have you noticed a couple of behavioural types in your organisation? The sponge – that person who just keeps soaking up new information...

Chris Barrow
Apr 12, 20181 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


The first 3 steps to becoming an owner-leader (and falling back in love with your work)
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – leaders lead people and managers manage systems. You cannot lead systems, you can only manage...

Chris Barrow
Apr 6, 20182 min read


How stressed are you?
During March I took possession of a Garmin Fenix 5s running watch and have been using the wearable technology and the accompanying iPhone...

Chris Barrow
Mar 28, 20183 min read


How The Beast from the East sorted the wheat from the chaff
As I read through my clients’ weekly tracker updates and listen to others, I realise that the wintry weather conditions that we all...

Chris Barrow
Mar 15, 20181 min read


Baby Boomers, Technology and getting attention
Technically, the term “baby boomers” is used to describe those of us born between 1947 and 1957 (there’s me – right in the middle at...

Chris Barrow
Mar 13, 20182 min read


The Hero’s Journey – what you have in common with Luke Skywalker
There’s a lot of talk in the personal and professional development world about “goals”. Setting goals for the day/week/month/quarter/year...

Chris Barrow
Mar 9, 20182 min read


6 simple words that can galvanise your patient testimonials
My biggest take-away from this week’s podcast with Dr. Chris Bowman was his simple answer to the question “how do you get testimonials?”...

Chris Barrow
Mar 8, 20181 min read


Why I think staff incentive payments are a waste of time and what to do instead
Before I start, just a heads up to watch out for the latest edition of the “Two Reds are Better than One” podcast, recorded yesterday...

Chris Barrow
Mar 6, 20183 min read


Why the recruitment crisis in UK dentistry may force you to shrink your business
Recruitment of dentists (and its knock-on effects) is creating the highest level of disruption in the marketplace right now. There is a...

Chris Barrow
Mar 5, 20182 min read


How Lorna held the fort for EasyJet and what we can learn from that
So my trip to Madrid didn’t happen. The first update to EasyJet’s mobile app was to inform me of a one-hour delay but advising me to...

Chris Barrow
Mar 2, 20183 min read


The troubling similarity between this week’s weather and your front desk
As luck would have it, I’ll be spending a lot of time this week working my way down the east coast from Edinburgh (tonight and tomorrow)...

Chris Barrow
Feb 26, 20182 min read


Ideas don’t fail because they are lousy ideas. Ideas don’t work because they are great i
The Idea Have an idea that makes a positive difference to people. Make what you do and the way that you do it both unique and desirable....

Chris Barrow
Feb 16, 20181 min read


Managing your expectations by measuring everything (and how gyms make their money)
You may have heard the urban myth that, when a new leisure club opens in your town, they will aim at 15,000 paid memberships on the basis...

Chris Barrow
Feb 2, 20182 min read


Do you love your work?
Do you love your work? I’ve been coached by experts over the years and they have taught me to aim at spending 80% of my professional time...

Chris Barrow
Jan 30, 20181 min read


Using patient video testimonials as part of your marketing
For some time now I’ve been wanting to showcase some examples of good patient video testimonials. Last Friday I mentioned the work done...

Chris Barrow
Jan 17, 20181 min read
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