www.7connections.com During your life as a practice owner, you may experience up to 7 pain points. A pain point is defined as a particular struggle or obstacle that brings you discomfort. When ignored, pain points don’t naturally resolve themselves. The more pain points you have, the more of an uphill battle practice ownership can become.

1. THERE IS NOTHING HEROIC ABOUT TRYING TO AVOID
OR REMOVE PAIN POINTS ALONE
During your life as a practice owner, you may
experience up to 7 pain points.
A pain point is defined as a particular struggle or
obstacle that brings you discomfort. When ignored, pain points don’t
naturally resolve themselves. The more pain points you have, the
more of an uphill battle practice ownership can become.
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2. lack of balance
symptoms: no time to yourself
to spend on hobbies or with
family, constantly working and
never getting ahead of your
task list
1. lack of new patients
symptoms: Less than 20 new
patients per month per full-time
dentist
4.lack of systems
symptoms: uncoordinated
approach, ineffective proce-
dures, unstructured working
environment for team, poor
follow up
3. lack of team trust
symptoms: team members not
motivated to work, hiring the
wrong people for the team,
unhealthy team dynamic,
unequal work distribution
among team, poor team
performance, poor patient care
6. lack of productivity
symptoms: no measurement of
fee earner profitability
7. lack of growth
symptoms: practice profit lower than
last year, profits plateauing, profits
not growing faster than inflation,
practice not growing into a saleable
asset for retirement
5. lack of profitability
symptoms: expenses exceeding
income, no steady influx of new
patients, low uptake of elective
treatment plans, working
constantly but not seeing any
of the money at the end of it
contact 7connections on 01647 478145
or visit us at www.7connections.com
FOR PAIN-FREE DENTAL BUSINESS
OUR bottom line is YOUR bottom line - and your happiness
7connections can help, we can show you how, save you time, reduce your risk,
make you more confident.
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