{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Shared Practices | Your Dental Roadmap through Practice Ownership","title":"Ask George - Practice Management vs True CEO Dental Practice Ownership Strategies","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2501,"description":"In this episode of Ask George, Dr. George Hariri and Richard Low redefine what it actually means to master dental practice ownership. Many dentists get trapped acting as the lead clinician and the daily manager, constantly playing whack-a-mole with operational fires. However, mastering true dental practice ownership requires stepping completely out of the \"Technician\" and \"Manager\" roles to become the visionary CEO. This episode provides a survival guide for the future dental practice owner, showing you exactly how to make the critical leap from clinician to executive.\nYou cannot achieve sustainable dental practice growth if you are bogged down by routine dental practice management. George explains that a CEO’s primary job is not fixing the day-to-day issues, but effectively allocating three limited resources: time, money, and focus. This means evaluating your metrics to identify the true bottlenecks in your operation. For example, if you are planning an associate to owner transition, your focus must be relentlessly locked on increasing patient flow rather than getting distracted by case acceptance seminars. Elite dental business strategies require the discipline to know exactly what to say \"no\" to.\nWe also explore the compounding power of micro-interactions. If you want a team-led office, you must stop answering every question your staff brings you and start redirecting them to your Office Manager. Every time you step in to solve a problem that belongs to your manager, you erode your own dental practice ownership and stall your progress. By utilizing frameworks like Shared Practices | Your Dental Roadmap, you can align your daily decisions with a long-term vision that serves your life, not just your schedule. Learn how to stop managing and start leading.\nReady to take the next step in your dental practice journey? Visit https://sharedpractices.com to learn more about our Buyer Representation and Coaching services, designed to help dentists buy, grow, and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R3yWNcQ2RtchqPxy_YDewFv6yuvZdP2UgRa0ojRYASA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hODRk/ZjNlMmZhYTg3MGNl/ZmJkMDI3MGJlMDIz/Yjc1Ni5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}