STAFF MANAGEMENT

Our final section tackles perhaps the most difficult area of practice management. Once you have found a practice to purchase or have started a new one with bank financing, it is time to build your orthodontic team. Read these five articles on employee management to understand how to create a quality, purpose-driven team (“Leading an All-Star Staff” by Steedle); conduct a successful staff meeting (“A Staff Meeting to Get Excited About!” by Beaton); create a new-hire compensation scale based on skills (“Setting Employee Compensation” by Haeger); understand employee metrics for determining expense ratios, patient visits per assistant, and a total compensation package (“Tracking Employee Management Metrics” by Haeger); and develop and evaluate a revenue-sharing model to engage employees in the success of the practice (“One Pathway to Successful Orthodontic Practice” by Girardot).

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