Going into 2027 on your own? Give your head a wobble.

If your plan for 2027 is to work harder, worry quietly and hope the practice fairy sorts everything out, give your head a wobble.

You can spend another year being the most expensive person in your business doing jobs somebody else should own. You can keep mistaking a full diary for a healthy profit, and a phone that never stops for evidence that you matter.

Or you can decide that enough is enough.

Running a dental practice should give you a decent living and a decent life. If the business gets your best energy and your family gets whatever is left, something needs to change.

Which brings me to Extreme Business by The Campbell Academy.

We already have a community of over 110 owner-managed businesses, from start-ups finding their feet to established practices deciding what comes next. Different stages, different ambitions, plenty of different personalities. Nobody needs to arrive pretending they have everything sorted.

Frankly, pretending is exhausting. So is being the person everyone asks, while having nobody you can ask yourself.

Our members have people to talk to, experience to draw on and coaching that challenges them to do something with the advice. Community, coaching and confidence. Together, they make a positive difference to people's businesses and lives.

Confidence matters when you need to change fees, challenge poor performance, recruit somebody better than you at something, or admit that the way you have always done it has passed its sell-by date.

And we are getting bigger.

Our ambition is to build the number one postgraduate clinical and business education community in the UK. There, I've said it. We intend to grow internally, bringing more people into our team to provide more support, and externally, welcoming more members whose experience makes the whole community stronger.

Colin Campbell and I bring our accumulated knowledge and experience. Around us sits a growing team and a community of owners who understand the realities of payroll, patients, people and the occasional desire to hide in the stationery cupboard.

If you're heading into battle, who wouldn't want that lot alongside them?

This isn't a coaching programme. It's a philosophy of business and life. Build something worthwhile. Look after people. Make a proper profit. Have a life outside the building. Help others do the same.

You won't get a medal for doing it all alone. You might get very tired.

Our 2027 syllabus launches in a few weeks. This is a boat you don't want to miss because you were too busy bailing water out of the one you're already sitting in.

If any of this has struck a nerve, book a complimentary Zoom call with me. A confidential conversation about your business, your ambitions and whether we can help. You don't need a polished presentation. Just tell me what's really going on.

Visit Extreme Business by The Campbell Academy and request your call.

Then decide what you want 2027 to look like.

Because “same again, but with more stress” is a bloody awful business plan.