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What a Dental Coach Can and Can’t Do

What a Dental Coach Can and Can’t Do

Aug 22, 2018

There is no coach like a dental coach. The best dental coaches have hands-on experience and therefore, know how to do the job right.

It is necessary for a coach to understand the challenges of the dental world and to have the expertise and know-how to market any dental practice successfully. In short, a good dental coach can make great things happen.

What is a Coach?

To coach means to motivate a student, athlete, or client to achieve success in areas that need improvement.

Dental coaches develop customized skill sets and goals for dentists and staff that are vital to any practice.

The responsibilities of a good dental coach include:

  • Be consistent
  • Guide, inspire and empower
  • Motivate
  • Not take over your practice
  • Offer insight
  • Provide effective and proven communication skills
  • Provide knowledge

A good dental coach helps dentists and the dental team see the practice more clearly. This happens because the team is able to ask questions, listen and challenge the dentist so the practice will reach optimal success.

What a Dental Coach Can Do

A dental coach does more than clarify professional and personal goals. They also identify gaps between the dentist and the dental team and patients, so that operations will run more smoothly. If you are not working as much, but the money remains the same, there is a gap somewhere that must be filled.

Your dental practice will have the support system it needs by anticipating obstacles and preparing for them, so your practice will grow.

What a Dental Coach Can’t Do

It takes time to your bottom line. There is homework to do and strategies to put into motion. There is work involved if you want to get to the next level and it doesn’t happen overnight.

Experienced dental coaches know better than to try to take over a practice. They work with the dental team to determine the most effective solution that will generate the best outcomes.

If you are not 100 percent committed to making a change, there is no point in having a dental coach. The entire dental team must make the recommended adjustments if you want to succeed. If you are not prepared to move forward, a coach cannot help.