Don’t miss this amazing conversation with author, entrepreneur, and dental practice consultant Kirk Teachout! In this episode, we discuss:
- How Kirk went from building a company in the music industry to becoming a dental consultant.
- Kirk’s unique approach to dental practice management that helps maximize efficiency and minimize physical time in the office.
- The key to taking his wife’s dental practice from $300k in revenue to over $1mil in revenue in 2 years’ time – all while only seeing patients 7 hours/day, 3 days a week!
- The grueling nature of dentistry and how to prevent burnout.
- How to eliminate a day of patient hours without decreasing revenue.
- Building a schedule that places procedures at times that work for the doctor, the team, and the patients.
- The KPI that Kirk focuses on the most when he looks at dental practices.
- How to define the ideal patient and recruit more of them to your practice, and how to define the problem patient and dismiss them from your practice.
- Using the new patient call to screen patients and filter out those who are not a good fit for your practice.
- The challenges associated with balancing the demands of work and family, especially for female docs.
- The importance of delayed gratification, keeping your expenses below your income, and saving, saving, saving.
- The number one secret to developing wealth.
- How to go from being a go-getter to a go-giver and servant leader.
- The two things younger docs need to do to get ready for practice ownership.
- Strategies to help your kids develop discipline.
- The books that Kirk recommends all his clients read before he starts working with them.
LINKS:
*To Contact Kirk:
Instagram: @KirkTeachout
Email: Kirk@IVQuarterCoaching.com
*Kirk’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7NQJV95?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk
*Link to the DOC Balance Sheet: www.TheOrthoCoach.com
*Link to DOC Coaching: https://michael-deluke.mykajabi.com/offers/KBUuSTLa/checkout
*DOC Podcast on Delayed Gratification: https://youtu.be/AjCd3OYbJVY?si=ydou-6Gx8kDYXt11
What is The DOC Podcast?
The DOC Podcast brings you unique educational content taught by Dr. Mike DeLuke, a Board Certified Orthodontist with over 20 years of clinical and academic experience. Dr. DeLuke built his orthodontic practice from scratch in the early 2000s and grew it into a multimillion-dollar enterprise in less than 10 years. He was able to retire from private practice at the age of 46 years old, and now devotes his energy to teaching his colleagues how to succeed both personally and professionally.
Dr. DeLuke has served as a faculty member at numerous hospitals and orthodontic residency programs around the country, including as the cleft craniofacial orthodontist at Albany Medical Center in New York, and as a clinical professor at The University of Connecticut in the Department of Orthodontics. He is presently an adjunct professor at Nova Southeastern University in the Department of Orthodontics.
The DOC Podcast will bring you in-depth discussions and interviews with industry leaders and experts on a variety of topics including clinical excellence, practice management, finance and wealth creation, health and wellness, taxes and accounting, fitness, and much more!