What actually causes leadership in a dental practice, and why isn't it about copying the symptoms? The cause is the internal decision to be the leader the situation needs. Most leadership books describe what leaders look like in action: how they speak, how they hold themselves, how they make decisions, how they handle conflict. Those are symptoms, not causes. Studying symptoms and trying to match them produces awkward imitation that patients and team members read as inauthentic. The actual cause is simpler. People become leaders when they realize a leader is needed and decide they are that leader. History, literature, and [...]

What actually causes leadership in a dental practice, and why isn't it about copying the symptoms? The cause is the internal decision to be the leader the situation needs. Most leadership books describe what leaders look like in action: how they speak, how they hold themselves, how they make decisions, how they handle conflict. Those are symptoms, not causes. Studying symptoms and trying to match them produces awkward imitation that patients and team members read as inauthentic. The actual cause is simpler. People become leaders when they realize a leader is needed and decide they are that leader. History, literature, and [...]

What actually causes leadership in a dental practice, and why isn't it about copying the symptoms? The cause is the internal decision to be the leader the situation needs. Most leadership books describe what leaders look like in action: how they speak, how they hold themselves, how they make decisions, how they handle conflict. Those are symptoms, not causes. Studying symptoms and trying to match them produces awkward imitation that patients and team members read as inauthentic. The actual cause is simpler. People become leaders when they realize a leader is needed and decide they are that leader. History, literature, and [...]