Dr. Chris Griffin Show: Simple Practice Breakthroughs To Make Your Life Easier

Our Special Guest Penny Reed and I share our formula of how we became recognized in this elite club and how we think you should begin your journey to becoming an in-demand dental speaker, author, and expert if you have an interest in cracking into dentistry’s most inner circle, the Speaking Circuit. With over 35 combined years of experience in the Dental Speaking Industry, we will share the most common ways that dental speakers sabotage their careers and how they can make choices that make them highly sought after.  You will learn: How to Become Known for a Hot Topic, Giving You a Huge Advantage How to Create a Strong Platform that Develops a Web of Interest The Fastest Course to Getting Booked Solid Without Sitting Around Waiting for the Phone to Ring And Much, Much More… Resource: Best Dental Speaker Course by Dr. Griffin and Penny Reed https://3daydentist.infusionsoft.com/saleform/nathniflu (Click Here to Learn More) Read Full Transcript The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1

We all know that without the Doctor or the Patients, no treatment can exist.  I contend that without a sound team of fun, hard-working, motivated, and upbeat team members, neither the Doctor, now the Patient can have an outstanding visit to the practice. The Dental Team is THE KEY to unlocking happiness in all aspects of your office life.  Today, we explore the Staff component of the SPEnD Continuum in the Practice Achievement Formula. In this Episode You Will Learn: How your Team members can Make or Break Case Presentation and How You Can Leverage Their Ability to Connect with the Patients in Ways that You Just Cannot How to Destroy the Disease of Duplication in the Dental Practice to Make Your Own Team as Efficient as Greased Lightning! The Blueprint of How You Can End the Days of Team Members Disrupting the Flow with Distracting Confusion and How You Can Become the CEO of Your Practice, Plus the Benefits that Come from Now Having to Deal with Every Single Problem, Every Single Day And Much, Much More

Years of searching led me to a discovery that changed the way we view every single action involving the pursuit of practice growth and happiness.  The answer to Ultimate Practice Success is not found on some remote mountaintop in a monastery or in a tiny cabin in an inaccessible swamp. The true secret to solving the riddle that has eluded so many dentists is in creating synergy between the 4 elements that make up any dental practice.  Those elements are represented by the acronym S-P-En-D, and any dentist who ‘spends’ enough time concentrating on improving these elements will without doubt create the practice of their dreams. In this episode you will learn: The way to master the element that drives the engine of the practice and the element that can make any dentist miserable when it is out of kilter.  This solves 90% of your practice troubles if you get it right, sadly few ever solve the riddle How to cure the incurable disease of no-shows in the practice in a very unconventional way.  Few w

This week we share a couple of really big success stories.  One of my former coaching clients was the epitome of a stressed out dentist for years before he discovered how getting more productive led him to such great increases that he could go to 3 day weeks.  He even had so much free time on his hands that he took up serious tournament bass fishing. His story is NOT unique for those who have the fortitude get their practice productivity house in order.  Great things can happen.  Hear his story plus a bonus story about another great productivity success. In this episode you will learn: The lengths you need to go to protect the environment in your practice, including letting team members go who may be good at parts of their job, but drag down the whole team.  If you have the guts to do what’s right for the practice, you create an atmosphere where you can burst through your current plateaus. How Dr. Brian finally got serious and actually increased his production while decreasing his weekly patient sc

The Butterfly Effect is very real and very misunderstood leaving most dentists unaware that they have just shot a hole in the middle of their production goals without even realizing it.  Solving this mysterious phenomenon cures most ills. This week we continue down the path we started in episode 9 from our Live presentation from OKC.  This should be called the name dropping episode as we cover people who have altered my own path from Drs. Paddi Lund, Roy Smith, Scott Perkins to celebrities like Tubby Smith, Bobby Knight, and John Calipari. You will learn: How to know when you are under the influence of the Butterfly Effect and how you can harness its power to explode your daily production. How to learn how to make “God’s Band-Aid” and when and where you can apply it. How we solved the problem of being in a factory town and how you can use our lessons to make the roots of your practice go so deep that it can survive any drought that might come your way. The AHA moment that changed the

We finally caught up with the man in charge of one of the fastest growing enterprises in one of the fastest growing industries in the country, John Lee Dumas.  John is the creator of the EO Fire franchise, short for Entrepreneur on Fire, which shot to the top of the podcasting industry a couple of years ago and has since expanded out into many different areas of influence.  John is also my mentor in the podcasting space and the man responsible for helping me bring the message of practice productivity to this Show.  This is a very special interview for the man who has interviewed more than 1200 Entrepreneurs including Tim Ferriss, Seth Godin, and basically anyone who is anyone in the business and entrepreneurial space. In this interview you will learn: How John approaches Goal Setting and how his specific strategies led him from Law School to greatness with exact action steps you can start using tomorrow to help you reach your goals once and for all. How John built EO Fire into a Juggernaut and then began

Recently I traveled to Oklahoma City to deliver my new lecture, Simple Practice Breakthroughs.  The topic of the lecture was just that, a history of how I tackled seemingly complex problems that popped up in my practice and how we solved them as a practice team.  In this opening monologue I opened up and revealed lots of little insider tips that had been previously unsaid.  It was a lot of fun for everyone. In this episode you will learn: How I got hooked on being an ‘Achiever’ and the resource you can use to duplicate that trait to rapidly increase your success The real trick to getting your money’s worth out of even very ‘expensive’ CE courses and how to leverage that investment into multi-millions in production for the rest of your career How I ‘manned up’ to finally face my unruly hygienists and what I learned that will make daily existence with your Practice Wives into the kind of relationship you always wanted from the second you decided you wanted to be a d

The only superpower I know I have is to make more mistakes than the average dentist. All successes and recoveries after those mistakes happened as a direct result of the analysis of those mistakes and the redoubling of efforts to make those mistakes right moving forward. The purpose of this episode is to save all of you years of frustrations and give you the shortcuts I have learned without you having to suffer through the sequelae of my mistakes. You get a head start on your success by stealing takeaways from my misguided labor so you can reach the top of the mountain much faster than I. In this Episode You Will Learn: All the mistakes I made after trying to convert my general practice to a Cosmetic Advanced Services practice and how you can avoid the pitfalls to create your own niche practice The details of the letter I sent to a group of patient that lost 98% of that pool of patients and what I learned that can help any practice retain their patients and close the back door. The worst way to try to bo

After hundreds of hours of dental implant CE, I stumbled upon the most secretive and powerful hands-on training ever. In this episode I chronicle how I performed 4 of the most challenging surgeries I have ever attempted and learned 10x more than I ever have in one course. You should put this course on your bucket list if you want to become a true implant dentist and feel more comfortable with 90% of the cases that walk through your door. In this episode you will learn: Why only 10% of the true general dentists in America place dental implants Details of what REALLY scares us about placing them and how to methodically overcome those fears Why the “Foundry” is one of the most magical places on Earth.  Right up there with Disney World. How to know when you need to spend the money on a Cone Beam, when you are in the Safe Zone, and when to Punt to the Oral Surgeon. And Much, Much More… http://www.drchrisgriffin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Best-HandsOn-Implant-Course-Ever-Season-1-Epis

Incentives can be very powerful, yet they also undermine virtue if not planned out carefully. Since we always strive for a Kaizen Culture where every action makes the world or practice a better place, we must burst the myth of the one-size-fits-all Bonus System once and for all. The examples of Bonuses Gone Bad should scare even the most confident doctor. Use their example to avoid catastrophe. In this Episode You’ll Learn: How to Avoid the Dark Side of Bonuses and Incentives Why One-Size-Fits-All Practice Bonuses are a Ticking Time Bomb (with Examples) How Medicine tried their version of Bonuses called P4P and How They Crashed and Burned The ONLY Safe Way to Incentivize Your Best Team Players And Much, Much More… http://www.drchrisgriffin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Dental-Bonus-Horror-Stories-Season-1-Episode-6-Dr-Chris-Griffin-Show.png () Click to Enlarge Mindmap Read Full Transcript The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 6 “When you rely on incentives, you unde

There is 1 Thing you can do to solve 99% of your problems, but it may not be what you think. One of the inherent challenges of practice is the shear number of moving parts we have going on in any given day. That coupled with our culture of celebration of multi-tasking has steered us in the complete wrong direction in terms of our best practice when treating patients AND running a successful small business. We solve that today. You Will Learn: Why you should avoid Multi-tasking like the plague, but how using smart focus can actually make you better What the 1 Thing is for your practice to grow and  how to make that 1 Thing foremost in your team’s mind How to install an office “Eagle Eye” so you ALWAYS know where you are needed next so you don’t have to stress about it. And Much, Much More… http://www.drchrisgriffin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Calm-Your-Stormy-Practice-with-1-Thing-Season-1-Episode-5.png () Click to Enlarge Mindmap Read Full Transcript The D

Most Goals Fail. The reason is that while it is important to commit to a goal, if you don’t have a rock-solid blueprint for the implementation of that goal, it is doomed to fail. Today, we share our 8 Step Process for Implementing Any Goal or New Procedure into Your Practice. You Will Learn: Why Goal Setting without an Action Plan is Doomed for Failure How to Organize a Boot Camp for Each New Implementation Goal in the Practice So It Gets Done FAST How and When to Spend Money on Each Project, Plus When to Recoup Your Investment Before it’s Too Late And Much, Much More…  http://www.drchrisgriffin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Season-1-Episode-4-How-to-Implement-New-Procedures-into-Practice-with-Massive-Success-in-8-Easy-Steps-1.png ()Click to Enlarge Mindmap Read Full Transcript The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 4 “Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.” Now who said that? Welcome to the Dr. Chris Griffin Show. Your re

We all know that Time is the only commodity that cannot be created or multiplied. That’s why we should all treat it as the MOST VALUABLE currency on Earth. Today you will get a behind the scenes look at the most Productive Practice System on the planet so you can learn how to make your own practice Hyper-Productive. Learn the 12 Laws of Time and how you can harness their power now to make your life better. You will learn: How to stash away millions in the Secret Currency of the New Economy 12 Laws of Time that can either set you free or put you in Time Jail if you don’t understand them How to Become the Biggest Practice in Your Area And Much, Much More… http://www.drchrisgriffin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Season-1-Episode-3-Time-Genius-Productivity-Secrets.png () Click to Enlarge Mindmap Read Full Transcript The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 3 “Time is Money”. Now who said that? Let me give you guys a little hint here. The same guy also said, “You may

 The Dr. Chris Griffin Show: Season 1, Episode 2 – Creating amazing team bonding experiences is one of the most powerful team productivity strategies ever invented.  In this episode we will walk you through how to create not only experiences, but adventures that will become investments in your practice that will pay dividends for the entirety of your career.  During this week’s productivity segment, we walk you through our complete Tour of Universal Studios with the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Jurassic Park, among the fun themed areas we explored as a team. You will learn: The Most Fun and Unbelievably Creative Way to Get Your Practice Out of a Rut 10 Awesome Examples  You Can Use to Craft Your Team Experience Why Getting Offsite Allows Your Team to Bond Like they Cannot at Home And Much, Much More… http://www.drchrisgriffin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Season-1-Episode-2-Creating-Amazing-Team-Experiences.png () Click Mindmap to Enlarge Read Full Transcript Tra

The Dr. Chris Griffin Show: Season 1, Episode 1 – Productivity is the 1 attribute of your practice that either inspires greatness or drains your emotional gas tank.  Henry Ford inspired the LEAN management theory that all private practices follow whether they realize it or not.  Learn the 5 Why’s and other ways to “Control Your Own Destiny Before Someone Else Does.” You will learn: How to quickly identify if YOU are running your practice (most doctors aren’t and don’t know it) Why Productivity levels tell the entire story and how to increase them How Henry Ford can save your practice, even though he’s been dead for 70 years The Key to Turning Your Team into Highly Productive Team Players instead of whiners And Much, Much More… http://www.drchrisgriffin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/MindMap-Season-1-Episode-1-Taking-Control-of-Your-Practice1.png ()   Click to Enlarge Mindmap Read Full Transcript The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 E

The Dr. Chris Griffin Show Episode 000 During a weak moment this past Fall, I considered scrapping the entire Winning Dentist program which I had built from scratch as a labor of love because I felt like I wasn’t delivering enough significance to enough people. Then, I had a sure enough ‘heart-to-heart’ with myself. What came out of that moment was the most profound undertaking we have ever attempted, the Dr. Chris Griffin Show.  Episode 000 holds the reasons and the goals we hope to achieve. In this episode you will learn: The Powerful Reason Why We Created the Dr. Chris Griffin Show in the First Place The Freedom that a 3 Day Per Week Practice Schedule Gives You How LEAN Manufacturing Principles Led to the Birth of Capacity Academy 2012 Bold Predictions that Have Unfortunately Come True And Much More… http://www.drchrisgriffin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Episode-000-Show-Description-copy.png ()   Click to MindMap to Enlarge Read Full Transcript Transcript: Quote