team building
THE
TEAM
his is for all you current and future practice owners out
there. Yes, you take care of your patients every day. You
also operate a small business. I know how it is. I take care
of my clients every day and I also operate a small business. Most
of the time taking care of my clients is a lot easier than running
the business. I’m guessing that most of you often feel that way
about your practice. It can be challenging.
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When Terri and I decided to open our insurance agency, another
business owner and good friend told me that I would make decisions sometimes that would be like taking a match to a big stack
of cash. He told me not to sweat it, that it was just part of the
package but to definitely learn from it. Sure enough, I’ve experienced a money fire or two and one of the things I’ve learned is
that to be truly successful it takes a team. Good employees for
certain, but a good team includes advisors from across the spectrum. I’m always on the lookout for good advisors.
14 NORTH TEXAS DENTISTRY | www.northtexasdentistry.com
by Kyle Wallace
You know dentistry like I know insurance. I feel confident in that
statement. We have other skills as well, but for most of us that
doesn’t include successfully running a business entirely on our
own. That’s pretty much impossible. Still, there is a tendency
toward trying to do things on our own that we’re simply not
qualified to do in an effort to save money. Sometimes it works
out to some lesser degree and sometimes you might as well have
just gone straight for the matches. Even now, every once in a
while I consider taking on a project for the business that’s
arguably outside my skill set. Why not, I’m a business man,
right? Terri is quick to suggest that I focus on insurance while
she finds the right person for the job. Focusing on my already
developed skills is how I can have the greatest impact on the success of our business. Sure, there’s a price to pay for expert help.
I’ll argue all day long that the cost is always going to be less than
the money you burn trying to do things on your own.