Five fundamental leadership strategies.

A In today’s more challenging environment, dentists are realizing that their leadership skills— or lack thereof—can have a profound effect on practice success. Learning how to lead a practice team more effectively deserves to be an educational priority throughout every dentist’s career. It is vital to a practice’s health as a business, and methodologies evolve constantly. However, there are certain fundamentals of leadership that always apply and should be mastered as early as possible. Here, based on my experience with thousands of dentists, are 5 essential management techniques that characterize the most successful team leaders.