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The Causes of Dental Team Conflict and How to Handle Them

This week we cover the topic "The Causes of Dental Team Conflict and How to Handle Them."

There, of course, can be many causes of conflict, but I want to break it down into two categories: Ethical Differences and good ole fashion Communication.

Posted by Darren Kaberna on Friday, 05 April 2013 in Dental Team Work

I found this article to be quite interesting and has certainly applied to my life at various times. It is a great article about Leadership and shouldn't be a stretch to extrapolate to anyone who wants to become a leader within a dental office. Bottom line, keep learning, keep growing and you will keep succeeding!! If you get knocked down, and you will, don't stay down long. Get back up.

Darren Kabeerna MBA

http://www.acceleratemypractice.com/

Saeed Al Muntafiq February 15, 2013

As profound as the saying may be: “The more I know the less I understand,” the opposite sentiment could be applied to the often gung ho and know-it-all attitudes of the young. In my own youth I was no exception. It was 1989 - fresh out of university, back to my country after studying in the UK, and full of world-dominating expectations – mostly unrealistic as I would soon find out.

I was stone broke, having worked two jobs to fund my first degree. I was interviewed by the four largest state-owned companies of the time. I felt that as a citizen of my country I had the God-given right to be employed added to that in my own mind I knew everything. There was nothing that anyone could teach me.

Posted by Darren Kaberna on Sunday, 17 February 2013 in Dental Team Work

Dental team problems holding your practice back?

I want to write about a book that has had a profound impact on my life - "Leadership and Self-Deception" by The Arbinger Institute. The reason why it had a profound impact on me, and I think it might you as well, is that it opened my eyes to some issues within myself. In the book they discuss, at great length, the concept of Self-Deception. Self-Deception happens when we justify our behavior to make ourselves feel better about something. Here are a few examples:

Not too terribly long ago, my wife and I had our third child. At that time I was working some pretty extensive hours with my business and traveling a bunch. When home on the weekends, I found myself pretty worn out and in desperate need of sleep. One night as Mason was screaming in the middle of the night, I woke up and, feeling quite tired, decided to lay there thinking my wife could and should take care of him. The next morning when she asked if I heard him, I said, "no, I was really tired." Now in my head I was feeling justified as I was exhausted, stressed and really needing some sleep. I would guess if someone asked her, she would probably say the same thing. As I laid there pretending to be asleep getting upset that she wasn't getting up with him, I actually got upset at how slow she was to get up. What I find interesting about all of this is that I thought I was totally justified in my thinking and actions, after all I was really tired and stressed. The fact I actually got upset she didn't respond quickly enough, is even more embarrassing in hindsight. Why is it that some of us get so wrapped up in ourselves that we actually get angry when the other person fails to think of us first when in actuality, we certainly are only thinking of ourselves?

Posted by Darren Kaberna on Sunday, 03 February 2013 in Dental Team Work

Why I cheer when my employees leave

I had a doctor recently ask me about this concern as it relates to our encouragement of personal growth. I couldn't agree with this article more. As employers, having your star team members leave certainly makes us all sick to our stomachs. That being said, if they ever have a better opportunity, I will encourage them and be proud of my contribution to their growth and success. So to answer the doctor's question, Yes I will cheer for my employees if they ever leave. Will you?

Darren Kaberna