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Where are The 100?
To satisfy my curiosity, Team CB have created this map, indicating the locations of the practices who have joined our 2022 coaching...

Chris Barrow
Dec 3, 20211 min read
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"Dental Nursing - not as usual" - a live interview as a guest of Fiona Ellwood BEM - this evening
Not many days after publishing a blog post on "The £15 an hour minimum wage - for dental nurses" I was hosting the business theatre at...

Chris Barrow
Dec 2, 20212 min read
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Chris Barrow
Dec 1, 20210 min read
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"All aboard!" How to onboard a new team member properly - a guest post by Lisa Bainham
As we head into 2022, for the last year, many of us have been battling a constant cycle of staff shortages, recruitment problems and...

Chris Barrow
Nov 30, 20213 min read
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A certain uncertainty
After storms and snow, the sound of knees jerking over the weekend as my client's WhatsApp Group focuses on the answer to two burning...

Chris Barrow
Nov 29, 20212 min read
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Bonuses (and an 80-year old Christmas story revisited)
On bonuses - I’ve spoken about this many times over the years and have shared that I’ve never really seen ONE system that works - rather...

Chris Barrow
Nov 26, 20214 min read
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Why you shouldn't offer a Black Friday deal to your patients (and a great idea for one)
I'm irritated as I delete Black Friday emails - there seem to be dozens of them, all saying the same thing in a different way. Already...

Chris Barrow
Nov 25, 20212 min read
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Process and Passion - an interview with Steve Anderson
This month’s guest is unique. Steve Anderson lives and works in the Greater Phoenix area of Arizona and, since 1997 has been building...

Chris Barrow
Nov 24, 20211 min read
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Does change have to hurt?
It has been suggested that we make change when the pain of making the change is less than the pain of staying the same. Example 1 :...

Chris Barrow
Nov 23, 20211 min read
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Graffiti
My working week begins with an 06:00 Zoom call to a distressed client who emailed me last night to ask for help and advice. Her practice...

Chris Barrow
Nov 22, 20211 min read
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