Author Archives: Xaña Winans

If you scanned the list of the greatest leaders of all time — Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, George Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr. — you may notice there are no dentists on the list. Does that mean a dentist can’t be a great leader? No doubt, those names were born to inspire others, but what […]

If you’re getting disappointing results from your dental marketing, it may not be your marketing agency holding you back. It may be your leadership skills. It’s easy to blame the marketing agency for not delivering enough new patients or a poor ROI. You might also blame the front desk for not converting those calls into […]

Conflict (or more specifically, fear of conflict) may be one of the biggest obstacles in dental offices. It divides teams and prevents dentists from effectively leading their practice. But Dr. David Striegel, founder of Striegel Performance Coaching, says it doesn’t have to be that way. He feels that conflict is often just a symptom of […]

To be a great dentist, you just need to be great at dentistry, right? Guess again. Dentists are not only health care providers, they also need to be business leaders (with the emphasis on “leaders”). Unfortunately, many dentists fail to recognize the importance of leadership skills in their dental practice, and what their role is. […]