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A helluva day

Friday turned out to be one of the most unusual days I have enjoyed in UK dentistry. In the morning I was picked up from the Hilton at Edinburgh Airport and driven over to the new Royal Bank of Scotland head office at Gogarburn. Quite the most inspirational place I have visited for a long … Read the Rest

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What a bloody awful place

Bristol workshop today – hard work because the delegates were in “startled rabbit mode” as I describe it. What that means is they are pretty overwhelmed with the radical nature of my presentation and sit there staring at me with eyes wide open as they take in the content. Years ago I used to panic … Read the Rest

Pause

Tuesday is scheduled as a call-in day for clients – 15-minute laser coaching calls throughout the working day and a conference call this evening. I am surprised this morning when I check our on-line appointment scheduler to discover that my first call is at 12.15pm and I have the morning free to do other work. … Read the Rest

Hardly a moment’s rest

Its Monday morning and I’m tired! Not a good start to the week and I reflect that the coach who advises a 4-day working week with lots of rest has just worked 6-day weeks for a month. My excuse is Stephen Covey, who, in the 7 habits, admits that sometimes we have to “harvest” – … Read the Rest

It’s not much – but it makes such a difference

Friday morning and, after 2 days of professional “stuff” I’m in Bristol to co-present our first ever 2-day Leadership Intensive. I am delighted that we have 18 delegates for this event – partly because it’s a Dental Business School first, partly because we clash with the World Aesthetic Congress in London – and also because … Read the Rest