How does running goal-setting exercises with the team strengthen a dental practice's culture? By turning the doctor's plan into a shared one. Goals that live only in the doctor's head produce one person pulling and a team that complies at best. Goals that the team has helped surface, refine, and rank become collective goals, which the team will protect and advance even when the doctor is not watching. The four-part clarity exercise works well as a team activity. Doctors run their own version first, then convene the team to do the exercise as a group. The team's version may surface obstacles [...]

How does running goal-setting exercises with the team strengthen a dental practice's culture? By turning the doctor's plan into a shared one. Goals that live only in the doctor's head produce one person pulling and a team that complies at best. Goals that the team has helped surface, refine, and rank become collective goals, which the team will protect and advance even when the doctor is not watching. The four-part clarity exercise works well as a team activity. Doctors run their own version first, then convene the team to do the exercise as a group. The team's version may surface obstacles [...]

How does running goal-setting exercises with the team strengthen a dental practice's culture? By turning the doctor's plan into a shared one. Goals that live only in the doctor's head produce one person pulling and a team that complies at best. Goals that the team has helped surface, refine, and rank become collective goals, which the team will protect and advance even when the doctor is not watching. The four-part clarity exercise works well as a team activity. Doctors run their own version first, then convene the team to do the exercise as a group. The team's version may surface obstacles [...]