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Abundance, Alignment and the art of showing up
I'm off to The Campbell Academy today (2nd time in 10 days) to attend as visiting guest lecturer on their Dental Entrepreneurial...

Chris Barrow
Mar 261 min read
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Something good: remembering the week that changed everything
I suspect that this week all of us will take a moment to think back to the stay at home announcement from Boris Johnson on the Monday...

Chris Barrow
Mar 253 min read
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April pay reviews: navigating NICs, CPI, AEI, and the risks of a BFZ
Some choices on pay reviews in April - definitions first: NIC = Rachel Reeves' increase in Employer's National Insurance payments; BFZ =...

Chris Barrow
Mar 241 min read
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From the classroom to the clinic – Alex Blake’s journey into dental practice management
In this episode of Conversations with Chris , we welcome Alex Blake, the non-dentist co-owner and joint managing director of Blake...

Chris Barrow
Mar 211 min read
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Falling back in love with your dental business: from stale to thriving again
I meet dental practice owners whose relationship with their own business has become like a stale marriage. It was all romance and...

Chris Barrow
Mar 201 min read
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The illusion of partnership: why minority shareholding in dentistry rarely works
One of those periodic calls yesterday from a Principal who has been approached by a friend, The Associate, who is working in a city 30...

Chris Barrow
Mar 192 min read
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Wake up! The numbers don’t lie—and they don’t add up
The thing I love about numbers is that they don't do Drama. The numbers are the numbers - and, at the moment, they don't add up. As I...

Chris Barrow
Mar 181 min read
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The power of kindness
At the start of a leadership team meeting last week, my client presented all 6 of us attending with a bunch of daffodils (Spring) and a...

Chris Barrow
Mar 171 min read
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Why more competition in dentistry is a win for everyone – even you and I
Whenever a client announces "OMG - there's another dental practice opening nearby (or bought and due to be revitalised) my response is...

Chris Barrow
Mar 142 min read
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BUPA’s £300 dental offer: smart marketing or just another email you’ll ignore?
And so here it comes again - the £300 offer from BUPA - received because I am a healthcare policyholder (although a friend mentioned that...

Chris Barrow
Mar 132 min read
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