Operating a successful dental organization is like building a 3-legged stool. Without any one of the 3 legs, the stool doesn’t work. And all 3 legs are equally important when measuring the success of your dental service organization (DSO).

Go behind the scenes to take a look at the Spark Strategic Plan, a system to help group dental practices and DSOs reach their goals quickly and regularly. The Strategic Plan is a roadmap of daily actions to help group practices go from “putting out fires” to proactively fixing the root cause of those problems and achieving important goals.

The value of the dental enterprise depends on building a positive, profitable company culture. Simply put, culture drives value. So, it cannot be ignored.There are 4 basic assets that you can put in place right now to steer company culture to a more positive and more profitable place.

How your group dental practice is structured will dictate how quickly and easily you increase in value. Structure will determine the effectiveness of your decisions and the kinds of decisions your organization can make based on the goals of everyone involved.

The success of your practice begins when you make the mindset shift from “dentist who works in the practice” to “CEO of a dental healthcare company.”If you feel stuck in the role of “dentist” and not sure where to start, you’re not alone.