It seems like every doctor we talk to these days has a similar problem: they're struggling with finding and building a team. We're seeing signs on front desks saying, "Please sign in and have a seat. We're short-staffed today."

So, what's the solution?

In this episode of the Double Your Production Podcast, Dr. John Meis and Wendy Briggs are sitting down with team performance expert, Daren Baird. Daren has consulted with some of the top dentists in the US as well as Fortune 500 companies and brings a new, valuable perspective to team building in dental practices.

With his vast experience, he's able to see things differently and solve team problems faster.

Listen now to discover:

• Why some practices are growing by leaps and bounds after Covid, while others struggle
• How to avoid common (and costly) hiring mistakes
• How one missing conversation is likely at the root of nearly all your staffing problems
• How to make sure your staff show up physically AND mentally (the secret is to "tend")
• And much more …

What can a champion figure skater teach you about success in a dental practice? It turns out, a lot. Because winning an Olympic medal is much like building a winning practice.

What are the secrets? Find out in our exclusive interview with U.S. Olympic medalist, Nancy Kerrigan.

You'll discover:

• The life-changing magic of self-belief
• Why you cannot be a champion without a team to support you
• How c – – – – -, p- – – – – – -, and m- – – – – – are keys to your growth
• Priceless lessons from adversity that you don't want to learn yourself (Nancy did for you)
• How to stop the doubters from wrecking your future
• And much more …

Did you know… Between 70% and 80% of dentists don't have a tax strategy. And if you're among them, you're probably throwing away money that you could be investing for retirement. Why work harder and longer than you have to?

In this episode of the Double Your Production Podcast, you'll discover:

• The biggest tax deduction on the planet for dentists
• How to legally boost profit margins from 35% to 50%
• Why the "tax punches" you don't see coming hurt the worst
• How to keep your best employees with clever benefit packages
• Why buying vs. leasing your auto can save you thousands
• And much more …

Can better patient care really lead to more profitability (even during Omicron, with staff shortages, cancels, and fails)? Yes, it can.

How? That's the subject of today's episode of the Double Your Production Podcast.

Listen and you'll find the surprising keys to profitability as we take a deep dive into Dr. John's new book, Cracking The Code. (Plus, there's a free copy waiting for you at the end of the episode.)

Listen to discover:

• The critical difference between production and profitability
• How to tell if your hygiene is hopelessly outdated
• The 3 keys to profitability
• Why most practices spend too much on marketing (and where to reinvest those dollars)
• How to get your free copy of my new book

Is growing your practice fun? If not, you're doing it wrong.

Today's episode is special because our guest is Dr. Ed O'Flaherty, based in Dublin, Ireland.

The traditional practice in Ireland has only one or two treatment rooms, maybe 6 at most. But Dr. O'Flaherty has 16 ops. So, he's doing things very differently in an environment where growing a practice is more challenging than in North America.

In this conversation, you'll learn:

• How to grow your practice in a city or state that doesn't support you
• How to find where 80% of your patients come from (so you can scale with precision)
• Why having extra ops is like having extra cash registers in a supermarket
• How to get the highest yield per square foot when renovating or building a practice (hint: it does NOT need to be over the top)

Yes, you can produce $60,000 in one afternoon. And, you can do it without sacrificing patient care.

That's the subject of today's episode of the Double Your Production Podcast.

Listen now to discover:

• The blueprint for a $60k "open house" that your patients will love
• How to market your event (Tik-Tok? Facebook? The answers may surprise you)
• Invisalign? Implants? How to make it fun and exciting for patients
• How to attract new patients at a retirement community
• And more

Is your practice behind schedule almost every day? Are you rushing from one patient to the next? Does it take weeks before you can fit a new patient in? If you answered yes just once, you're not alone.

And while there's no such thing as a perfect schedule, you can make progress. You can see more patients, with fewer headaches, without risking a loss of patient flow, production, and profitability. How? That's the subject of today's episode of the Double Your Production Podcast.

You'll discover:

• The 4 keys to efficient scheduling
• How to really know if you have capacity problems
• Powerful ways to maximize productivity
• 6 ways to expand your capacity (the right way)
• And more.

Today, burnout among dentists and their teams is at an all-time high.

For that reason, you might think that now is the wrong time to drive change in your practice. However, the right kind of change may actually save your practice from that burnout (without losing patient flow, team members, or profitability).

That's the subject of today's episode of the Double Your Production Podcast.

Listen now to discover:

• How to implement change without compromising your core values
• The importance of communicating the "why" behind all effective changes
• The key to getting amazing results right out of the gate
• The 5 steps to creating lasting change in your practice
• And more

Ever feel like dropping all insurance? For some doctors, it can be the right thing to do. But for others, it's not (especially if you drop a carrier based on emotional decisions instead of hard data).

So, how can you make the right choices about insurance without risking a loss of patient flow, production, and profitability? That's the subject of today's episode of the Double Your Production Podcast.

Listen now to discover:

• How to avoid costly "knee jerk" decisions about insurance
• The only way to tell patients you're dropping a provider
• How to remain profitable after a 20% cut in reimbursements
• When insurance is helpful to your practice, when it's not, and how to make changes

Did you know… for every $1 in production you're getting now, there's another $1.40 waiting for you? To get that additional $1.40, simply put your overdue patients on the schedule. That's according to the latest stats from Dental Intelligence.

So, how do you get those overdue patients to schedule? That's the subject of today's episode of the Double Your Production Podcast.

We're diving into:

• The 140% increase in production that's hidden in your practice and how to recall the 56% of all patients who are overdue
• The best time of day to call patients to get them on the schedule
• Why 22.4 calls are needed to schedule patients (and how to bypass this problem)