667: Scaling with the Right Culture - Dr. Brett Levin&Dr. Jennifer Derse - a podcast by ACT Dental

667: Scaling with the Right Culture - Dr. Brett Levin & Dr. Jennifer Derse

Growing a practice is more than acquiring or opening new offices. And it’s hard! Dr. Brett Levin & Dr. Jennifer Derse have done it with their Espire practice. And have the secrets to scale your business and keep the culture you want. Learn more in Episode 667 of The Best Practices Show!

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Links Mentioned in This Episode:

Learn more about Espire Dental https://espiredental.com/ca/

Main Takeaways:

Make a discussion of your culture part of your daily stand up meetings. 

You have to have a structure to the culture. 

A one-size fits all blueprint might not work for expansion. You may be leaving great ideas on the table for each unique practice. 

It’s hard to maintain consistency when you try to grow a practice on your own. 

Quotes:

“We had a lot of people asking us how did you do this? How did you create an amazing culture? How are you fee for service? How are you getting all of these referrals? How are people traveling? We saw 5+ years ago that the dental industry on the precipice of change. We wanted to try to control our destiny in that change. And really create a private practice DSO model. And that means something different for every person. But we didn’t want to do it where someone comes in and buys your practice and now you’re part of a bigger conglomerate and you don’t have to do any type of change. That’s not really pushing yourself to grow or become collaborative. We also saw that a lot of younger dentists really craved mentorship and growth but didn’t have the time or the means for someone to nurture and support them. I think Jennifer really had that vision and was spurred on to help create it and that was the genesis of how this fire started. We have 28 practices and 352 team members” - Brett (14:16—15:41)

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