Gloves Off: No more gossip in the dental practice!
Know anyone in your dental practice or any other practice who gossips? Absolutely nothing kills team morale more than gossip. We need to hold each other accountable because overcoming gossip can be the dynamic for the culture of your practice and contribute to how successful you are moving forward. Make sure you have rules of engagement/communication for your team written in your employee manual so everyone knows exactly what’s expected.
In this episode of Gloves Off, we’ll talk about how gossip can erode your practice, what to do to protect your team, and how to ensure your practice is a healthy, gossip-free zone.
Dental pros and dental patients, send us your questions! We’re talking about important topics that happen all day every day in the dental practice.
More Gloves Off videos:
- Finding the magic minutes in the hygiene hour
- Want to grow your practice? Start “dating” your patients
- Handling informed refusal of periodontal treatment
- Team shortages: Are dentists to blame?
This edition of Gloves Off is supported by Voco America.
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in Through the Loupes newsletter, a publication of the Endeavor Business Media Dental Group. Read more articles and subscribe to Through the Loupes.
About the Author
David R. Rice, DDS
Chief editor
Founder of the nation’s largest student and new-dentist community, igniteDDS, David R. Rice, DDS, travels the world speaking, writing, and connecting today’s top young dentists with tomorrow’s most successful dental practices. He is the editorial director of DentistryIQ and leads a team-centered restorative and implant practice in East Amherst, New York. With 27 years of practice in the books, Dr. Rice is trained at the Pankey Institute, the Dawson Academy, Spear Education, and most prolifically at the school of hard knocks. Contact him at [email protected].
Deana Zost, FAADOM
Deana Zost, FAADOM, works with Patterson Companies, aligning custom software solutions for dental practices to streamline for business efficiencies, practice growth, and the ultimate patient experience.
Updated February 14, 2022