If you don't know where you're going, how do you know how to get there? Having a clear vision is the first step to success. But how do you find time and energy to plan? To give you some motivation, Miranda Beeson and Heather Crockett, two of ACT’s amazing coaches, share a simple framework for crafting your ideal vision for your practice and your life. If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail! To learn how a little bit of planning will skyrocket your success, listen to Episode 832 of The Best Practices Show!

Learn More About Miranda & Heather:

• Send Miranda an email: [email protected] 
• Send Heather an email: [email protected] 
• Follow Miranda & Heather on ACT’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actdental
• Email Gina to learn about ACT’s Pro Coaching: [email protected] 
• Email the ACT Team for their free tools and resources: [email protected] 
• Register for ACT’s To The Top Study Club (January 17, 2025): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climb-with-us-register-for-january-17-2025-ttt-study-club-tickets-1012930712027
• Register for ACT’s To The Top Study Club (January 24, 2025): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climb-with-us-register-for-january-24-2025-ttt-study-club-tickets-1012960511157

More Helpful Links for a Better Practice & a Better Life:

• Subscribe to The Best Practices Show: https://the-best-practices-show.captivate.fm/listen
• Join The Best Practices Association: https://www.actdental.com/bpa
• Join ACT’s To The Top Study Club: https://www.actdental.com/ttt
• See the ACT Dental/BPA Live Event Schedule: https://www.actdental.com/event
• Get The Best Practices Magazine for free: https://www.actdental.com/magazine
• Please leave us a review on the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-practices-show-with-kirk-behrendt/id1223838218

Episode Resources:

• Watch the video version of Episode 832: https://www.youtube.com/@actdental/videos
• Watch Episode 814: 1 Move, Infinite Differentiation Power with Heather: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBD8mzLem88
• Read What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith: https://bookshop.org/p/books/what-got-you-here-won-t-get-you-there-how-successful-people-become-even-more-successful-marshall-goldsmith/8230849?ean=9781401301309
• Read The E-Myth by Michael E. Gerber: https://www.michaelegerbercompanies.com/product/the-e-myth-revisited

Main Takeaways:

• Great practices have strategic plans. Average practices just wing it.
• A strategic vision will keep you and your team focused and motivated.
• Having a plan will help you prevent burnout and have a more fulfilling career.
• Create a vision for clinical, financial, team culture, and better practice/better life.
• Make time to think and dream — and dream big! You don't have time not to do it.
• Stop being your own dream-crusher. It’s time to get rid of your self-limiting beliefs!
• No matter how stuck you feel, there is hope! A coach can help you reach your goals.

Snippets:

0:00 Introduction.

0:35 ACT’s TTT, BPA, and Pro Coaching.

4:20 Why this is an important topic.

6:20 Great practices have strategic plans.

11:13 ACT’s Strategic Vision Creator tool.

15:28 The four keys: Clinical vision.

19:43 The four keys: Clinical strategy.

24:37 The four keys: Financial vision.

26:41 The four keys: Financial strategy.

31:11 The four keys: Team culture vision.

35:17 The four keys: Team culture strategy.

38:47 The four keys: Better practice, better life vision.

46:25 The four keys: Better practice, better life strategy.

46:58 The elevation process of the vision stage.

49:16 Examples of successful outcomes and goals.

57:06 Final thoughts.

58:59 Why you need a coach.

1:02:36 Q&A: Do I prioritize clinical dentistry or business of dentistry with a limited CE budget?

Miranda Beeson, MS, BSDH Bio:

Miranda Beeson has over 25 years of clinical dental hygiene, front office, practice administration, and speaking experience. She is enthusiastic about communication and loves helping others find the power that words can bring to their patient interactions and practice dynamics. As a Lead Practice Coach, she is driven to create opportunities to find value in experiences and cultivate new approaches.

Miranda graduated from Old Dominion University, and enjoys spending time with her husband, Chuck, and her children, Trent, Mallory, and Cassidy. Family time is the best time, and is often spent on a golf course, a volleyball court, or spending the day boating at the beach.

Heather Crockett Bio:

Heather Crockett is a Lead Practice Coach who finds joy in not only improving practices but improving the lives of those she coaches as well. With over 20 years of combined experience in assisting, office management, and clinical dental hygiene, her awareness supports many aspects of the practice setting.

Heather received her dental hygiene degree from the Utah College of Dental Hygiene in 2008. Networking in the dental community comes easy to her, and she loves to connect with like-minded colleagues on social media. Heather enjoys both attending and presenting continuing education to expand her knowledge and learn from her friends and colleagues.

She enjoys hanging out with her husband, three sons, and their dog, Moki, scrolling through social media, watching football, and traveling.