Your leadership shadow – understanding the impact on your team

In the second BoDcast from Johanna Hooper she shares her insights into leadership types, how these can impact on the team and engagement styles to optimise team performance. What you’ll hear: What are there common…

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Mental resilience for teams facing a stressful workload

Having left 2020 behind, many are now struggling with the effect tightened restrictions have had on their personal lives. Johanna Hooper shares her insights on how this can affect the team and provides some advice…

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The five R’s of recovery: Resilience

Following on the from the previous episodes of The Five R’s of Recovery BoDcasts, Andy McLachlan talks to Aemelia Wright about ‘Resilience’ in the final of this five part series. Offering an insight into the…

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Samaritans: Supporting each other

Nicola Samuels, Deputy Director of Outreach at Chester and District Samaritans shares details about the history of the charity, how you can identify ways of helping yourself and/or others and what services can be accessed. What…

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The five R’s of recovery: Retrain

Nicki Rowland introduces the fourth in the five-part series of ‘The 5 R’s of Recovery’. Offering an insight into the course available from The Exceptional Leadership Academy this episode focuses on ‘resolve’. What you’ll hear:…

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Your dentistry questions answered: mental health

Practice Plan’s Zoe Close looks for answers to the questions you’re asking… How can I manage my anxiety at work? Surveys conducted by Practice Plan, the BDA and Dental Protection over the last few years…

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The five R’s of recovery: Rebuild

Following on the from the first two R’s of Recovery BoDcasts, Andy McLachlan talks to Aemelia Wright about ‘Rebuild’ in the third of this five part series. Offering an insight into the course available from…

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Keep your team happy by keeping them in the know

Communicating well with your team may have been a little trickier this year. Firstly, there’s the physical challenge of gathering everyone together in one place when members of the team may well be furloughed, on…

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A kick-start guide to professional growth for private associates

Gary Nelson shares his advice and experience on how independent associates can enhance and grow their career in the new year… Developing yourself as a clinician is necessary to build a career that is as…

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Men’s well-being: Challenges, indicators and support

Andy Elwood shares his insights into some of the challenges men face regarding well-being and mental health. This interesting BoDcast highlights some of the indicators we can look out for and how others can support.…

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The five R’s of recovery: Resolve

Nicki Rowland introduces the second in the five-part series of ‘The 5 R’s of Recovery’. Offering an insight into the course available from The Exceptional Leadership Academy this episode focuses on ‘resolve’. What you’ll hear:…

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Three ways to avoid burnout

The levels of stress and burnout among the dental profession has been a worrying issue long before the arrival of COVID-19. Results from a BDA survey of over 2,000 dental professionals published in January 2019…

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Mental Dental through COVID-19

Lauren Harrhy talks to Aemelia Wright about the support that Mental Dental provides to the dental industry. Lauren shares details on how Mental Dental started and the challenges, concerns and positives that she has seen…

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The five R’s of recovery: Regroup

Nicki Rowland introduces the first in the five-part series of ‘The 5 R’s of Recovery’. Offering an insight into the course available from The Exceptional Leadership Academy this episode focuses on ‘regroup’. What you’ll hear:…

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Five lessons from COVID-19 that are worth remembering

Janet Mason looks at what positive lessons can be taken from the recent pandemic to make your business even stronger… COVID-19 has been a huge cloud hanging over dentistry, and the country, ever since March.…

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Life back in practice post lockdown – Part Three

Simon Thackeray talks to Les Jones in part three of our ‘Life back in practice’ series. Simon shares his updates on how he and the team are adapting to the new ways of working, the…

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Communication at the heart of your dental practice

Barry Oulton, dentist and communication expert, talks about the importance of communication during these changing times. He explains how to recognise areas of focus for the dental team and practice. What you’ll hear: The importance…

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The reality of reopening: part two

In my first blog that I wrote around four to five weeks after reopening, I spoke about how uncomfortable and cumbersome it was to work in the new levels of PPE. We’re now a further…

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