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practice management // feature continued from page 55 Most practitioners focus on the urgent-those things that demand immediate attention and insist on action. Examples would be when a patient shows up to have a broken appliance ﬁ xed, a team member calls out sick or your supply order was delivered to the wrong address. Falling into this trap leads an orthodontist down a path of chaos, idleness and stress. What every orthodontist should focus on is the important- those activities that are results-oriented and contributes to your business goals, vision and mission. Where urgent items require us to react, important matters allow us time to plan and be innovative, calculating and prepared. Some examples might be networking with other specialists to expand your professional outreach, upgrading your ofﬁce technologies, obtaining additional certiﬁcations or establishing an in-ofﬁce bonus system. Each of these are important to helping you achieve business goals and yet they are not something that must be done immediately. Putting it Together A time manager knows how to put all three of these components together into one, seamless enterprise. To get to that master-level, do the following today: 1. Actively and aggressively look for problems throughout your ofﬁce. Where there is a problem, there is an opportunity. 2. If you don't have a.m. and p.m. huddles with your team, start! Morning huddles are patient-focused, afternoon huddles are business-centered. This is where you start to brainstorm alternatives and solutions. 3. Make a list of what's important and what's urgent using the deﬁnitions above. If it's important, make it a priority. 4. Visit www.jenbutlercoaching.com and download templates and examples of the tools mentioned throughout this article. *Detailed information about all the tools mentioned in this article can be found at www.jenbutlercoaching.com. ■ How efﬁcient is your time management? Visit Orthotown.com/magazine.aspx and let us know. Author's Bio Jen Butler, MEd, CPC, BCC, has been working in the area of stress management and resiliency coaching for over 20 years. She is available as a coach/consultant, speaker and trainer. To learn more about her services and sign up for her monthly stressLESS newsletter to go www.jenbutlercoaching.com. Take the Dental Stress Self-Assessment at www.jenbutlercoaching.com/quiz/ to ﬁnd out your stress levels. Contact Jen Butler directly at 623-776-6715 or jen@jenbutlercoaching.com for more information. Ad Index Our advertisers make it possible for us to bring Orthotown to you free of charge. Almost all of the advertisers provide telephone numbers in their advertisements for your convenience and fast response. Our advertisers want to hear from you. PG # PG # ADVERTISER 005 045 021 051 053 043 009 013 IFC 003 56 ADVERTISER American Orthodontics 011 001 BC 017 023 15, 49 007 047 039 IBC Ortho Classic Boyd Industries Burleson Seminars Cloud9ortho Cottonwood Dolphin Imaging and Management Solutions Imaging Sciences International OralWise Ormco Corporation Ortho2 JULY / AUGUST 2014 // orthotown.com OrthoSynetics, Inc. Planmeca, Inc. Preferred Market Solutions Reliance Orthodontic Products, Inc. Rocky Mountain Orthodontics The Scheduling Institute Sesame Communications Shock Doctor Ultradent http://www.jenbutlercoaching.com http://www.jenbutlercoaching.com http://www.Orthotown.com/magazine.aspx http://www.jenbutlercoaching.com http://www.jenbutlercoaching.com/quiz/ http://www.orthotown.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Orthotown July/August 2014

Orthotown.com Highlights
Wired for Success: Using Your Logo to Brand Your Practice
Class I Malocclusion Severe Crowding, Severe OJ, Missing LL3 CBCT Video
Do We Let Squeaky Wheels Get What They Want?
Corporate Profile: ORMCO: The Spearhead in Orthodontics
New Products
Office Visit: Welcome to Miami
Pre-restorative Orthodontics Altering the Vertical Dimension in Adult Ortho Patients
Becoming a Time Manager
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Orthotown July/August 2014