Sheila Scott Archives - Practice Plan

23 Jul 2018 • Podcasts

Sheila Scott reads her book aloud

In her own insightful and compelling fashion, Sheila Scott puts her finger on one of the most important truths for anyone who aspires to be a successful dentist or to run a successful dental practice.…

6 Jul 2018 • Practice Management

What does a Practice Plan Workshop Tour entail?

Top hats and toast…two things that are not often synonymous with running a dental practice. Yet under the expert guidance of Sheila Scott and Chris Barrow, these two items were used during Practice Plan’s last…

12 Jan 2018 • HR & Employment Law

Make confident decisions – put on your thinking hats

Running a busy dental practice means challenges can be thrown up on a daily basis. Here, dental business consultant Sheila Scott explores a tried and tested technique to decide how to deal with opportunities or…

3 Nov 2017 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

An insight into a day of ‘Top Hats, Toast and Moments of Truth’

With the Practice Plan Workshop Tour now in full swing, we wondered what insights and top tips have practices come away with so far? We asked Liz Barraclough, Practice Manager at Ilkley Dental Care in…

12 Sep 2017 • Podcasts, Practice Management

Practical advice for addressing negative behaviours in your team

Sheila Scott offers expert advice on how to ‘direct, guide influence and motivate’ others to higher standards of behaviour and performance in this episode of Bodcast. She offers a framework to help you have the…

18 Aug 2017 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

Expert advice on managing underperformance in your team

Tackling underperformers can be one of the more challenging elements of managing your practice. Here, we chat to experts, Sheila Scott, Dental Business Consultant, and Sarah Buxton, Director and Employment and HR Solicitor of FTA…

15 Aug 2017 • Podcasts, Practice Management

How to stay on the right side of employment law and the CQC

In today’s Bodcast Sheila Scott, Nicki Rowland and Sarah Buxton discuss the best ways for practices to avoid employment law issues and CQC failures by recognising the importance of staff training and communication. They offer…

21 Jul 2017 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

Sheila Scott and Chris Barrow give us a glimpse of what to expect on this year’s Workshop Tour

Sarah Whittall, Events and Marketing Coordinator, catches up with dental business experts, Sheila Scott and Chris Barrow, ahead of this year’s Workshop Tour to find out what they have in store for you…

11 Jul 2017 • Podcasts, Practice Management

Sheila Scott’s advice on the importance of language in a dental practice

Don’t miss the latest episode of Bodcast with Sheila Scott! In this episode, hosted by Zoe Close, Sheila talks about the use of ‘bad’ language in dental practices and provides her advice on the type…

17 Jan 2017 • Podcasts, Practice Management

Advice on how to encourage patients to visit their hygienist

Listen to this episode of Bodcast to discover Business Consultant, Sheila Scott’s expert tips and advice on how you can encourage your patients to visit the hygienist more frequently.

6 Sep 2016 • Podcasts

Putting health at the heart of your dental practice

Today’s episode of Bodcast is with Business Consultant Sheila Scott on effective plan management. In this unmissable episode, hosted by Zoe Close, Area Sales Manager at Practice Plan, Sheila shares her valuable insight and advice on…

16 Aug 2016 • Podcasts, Practice Management

A discussion on hygiene services and referral fees

In today’s episode of Bodcast, host Zoe Close, Area Sales Manager at Practice Plan catches up with Business Consultant Sheila Scott to discuss hygienist services within the dental practice. Don’t miss Sheila’s advice on what actions…

5 Feb 2016 • Practice Management

How to Communicate Effectively With Your Dental Team

Sheila Scott, one of the dental industry’s leading business consultants, talks about how to communicate effectively with your dental team.

14 Dec 2015 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

How to Deal With Difficult People in Your Dental Practice Team – 5 easy steps

Figuring out how to deal with difficult people in your dental practice team and difficult situations can be a real headache and cause friction between practice owners and staff. Sheila Scott, leading dental business consultant,…

16 Oct 2015 • Our News

The Business Skills Theatre

Sarah Whittall, Events and Marketing Coordinator, introduces us to The Business Skills Theatre at this year’s BDIA Dental Showcase.

21 Aug 2015 • Practice Management

Dealing with the Dementor

Sheila Scott explains how having the courage to deal with a problem, in the right way, is a much better approach than ‘putting up’ with the repercussions of it.

12 Aug 2015 • Practice Management

Be Persistent for Solutions

Once you’ve had a discussion with a team member about improving what they do or how they do things, don’t assume the matter is done and dusted.

24 Jul 2015 • Blog, NHS

Team Games

Michelle Hardy joins forces with Sheila Scott to share their top tips on how best to involve your team when thinking about leaving the NHS.