There are several types of team meetings in many
well-managed practices: (1) Morning
Huddle to review the upcoming day, (2) One-on-One in which the dentist or
practice administrator meets with a single staff member to coach or to
discipline, (3) General Team Meeting involving the entire staff in a review of
the past month and planning for the month to come, (4) Area Meeting in which
business and clinical teams meet separately to hone their particular work area,
and (5) Annual or Semi-annual Planning Retreat in which the dentist’s vision
for the practice, all work systems, goal achievement and/or setting,
interpersonal skills or problems, accomplishments for the past six to 12 months
for individuals or for the practice itself, etc., are reviewed and assessed.
The office that is “too
busy” to have all or some combination of that variety of meetings is,
indeed, too busy. Declaring no time for
team meetings is like going into the woods, starting to fell trees with an
adequately sharp saw, taking no time ever
to sharpen it, and then getting upset when the saw no longer cuts the trees you
want harvested. Saw sharpening time is
mandatory for continued success.
Watch our blogs for the next several months. We’ll include some details about each type of
meeting for your edification.
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