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Getting Your Doctor to Invest in Your Development

How to Make the Business Case for Dental Office Manager Training

By Kyle Summerford, 25+ years in dental practice management. Shared with the DOMA community of 26,700+ dental office managers.

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  • ✓ Professional Development Isn't Just About You
  • ✓ Why the Conversation Matters
  • ✓ Start With the Practice Challenge
  • ✓ Look Beyond the Symptom
Inside the guide

What you'll get from this guide

How to Make the Business Case for Dental Office Manager Training

01

Professional Development Isn't Just About You

02

Why the Conversation Matters

Help the doctor understand how that development connects to the practice.

03

Start With the Practice Challenge

04

Look Beyond the Symptom

"Collections are down." "Employees aren't accountable." That is a result.

05

Identify Your Development Gap

06

Connect the Skill to the Practice

Kyle Summerford, founder of DOMA
About the author

Meet Kyle Summerford

Kyle has spent more than 25 years in dentistry. He started at the front desk, worked his way up to dental office manager, and became one of the most recognized voices in dental practice management.

As the founder of the Dental Office Managers Alliance, Kyle is focused on helping dental office managers strengthen leadership, systems, communication, team management, and daily operations through practical tools built around the realities of dental practice management.

This guide was created to help managers put the ideas in this guide to work in their own practice, one small change at a time.

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