The Dental A Team Podcast Kiera Dent

Book club is back! In this episode, Kiera reviews the August book assignment, Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine by Mike Michalowicz. She talks about what a profit-first mindset means, Mike’s formula for profit, why bigger is not better, what that healthy profit margin for your business looks like, and more.
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Check out the full list of DAT’s 2023 book club here.
Reach out to Kiera: hello@thedentalateam.com 
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Answering the question How often do you update your operations manual? is both easy and hard to do. But in this episode, Tiff and Dana answer it! They discuss the best ways to keep this important document relevant, including what needs to happen each time a tiny change happens and a ton more.
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\Dr. Ashley Joves returns to the podcast to get honest about the chaos of dentistry. Dr. Joves shares her current experiences about low morale and not letting team members down. To that Kiera talks about how to fall in love with the growth process and remember that the bad days are only 10% of life. Kiera also gives tactical advice around knowing your practice numbers, setting up a slush fund, making a cut list, and more.
Owner of Smile & Co., Dr. Ashley is passionate about staying on the leading edge of dentistry and invests hundreds of hours into ongoing training each year. She is an active member of the American Dental Association, California Dental Association, Sacramento District Dental Society, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, Academy of General Dentistry, and Doctors for Oral Conscious Sedation.
Dr. Joves also has two podcasts: The Making of and Dental Friends With Benefits.  
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Reach out to Kiera: hello@thedentalateam.com 
Listen to episode 254, Breaking Dentistry Norms
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Tiff and Dana touch on the difficulty of hiring across the country right now. To give your practice a leg up on hiring the right type of people, the consultants give hints on what type of information you should be including in the job advertisements you’re posting — and how these thorough descriptions go beyond just hiring the right person.
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Are you doing what’s necessary to take your business where it needs to go? In this episode, Kiera asks some challenging questions meant to inspire listeners to take a good, hard look at their dedication to the workplace. If you want your team to be made up of hard workers who believe in the practice, it starts with the tone set by leadership.
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Episode 734: Experts of Dentistry
Who are the faces behind the Dental A-Team coaches/consultants? In this episode, Kiera, Tiff, Britt, Dana, and Denae all introduce themselves and their dentistry backgrounds, plus give the most key takeaway they’ve gained from all the practices they’ve visited.
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