The Four C's
Split your dental team(s) as follows:
Dentists
Hygienists and Therapists
Nurses
Receptionists
Treatment Co-ordinators
Management and administration
Separate them, give them magic whiteboard and marker pens. Exercise 1 Ask them to rate the practice(s) at the moment. Marks out of 10 for each of the four quadrants above. Exercise 2 Ask them to write a list of the roadblocks that stop the score for that quadrant being 8/10 (your target is four 8’s). Exercise 3 Ask them to write a list of the solutions that can be implemented in the next 90 days to move the quadrant scores towards four 8’s. Exercise 4 (this is the scary one) Compare the answers to all three exercises between the groups – and think about why their perceptions can be so different. Exercise 5 Create an action plan for the next 90 days and agree the dates of review meetings. Exercise 6 Repeat every 90 days.