Your Dental Team Should Run Without You—Here’s How to Make It Happen

Is your dental practice dependent on YOU to function?

If taking a vacation feels impossible because your team can’t run the show without you, this episode is your wake-up call. In this high-impact episode of the Next Level Practice Podcast, host Kelly Dahmer shares the exact framework for transforming your dental team from a reactive, chaotic group into a high-performing, self-managing team that drives growth—even when you're not around.

Whether you're a practice owner, office manager, or team leader, you'll discover how to break free from the bottlenecks and create a scalable, structured, and aligned team that actually takes ownership.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

✅ Why most dental teams run on personality, not systems—and why that’s dangerous

✅ The difference between assigning ownership vs. tasks (and why it matters)

✅ How to identify and empower a true team leader within your practice

✅ Why your practice can’t grow if you’re still the glue holding it all together 

✅ Step-by-step process to create roles, KPIs, and accountability structures

✅ How to align your team with vision, purpose, and core values

✅ Ways to get your team to care about the numbers just as much as you do

✅ The importance of training for confidence, not just compliance

✅ The “20/80 rule” of working ON vs. IN your business—and how to apply it today

 

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