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Dental Practice Manager Mentoring and Support
Managing a dental practice can be a lonely job. Our one-to-one mentoring gives practice managers an experienced person to think things through with, and someone to call when a situation gets difficult.
What Is Dental Practice Manager Mentoring?
Dental practice manager mentoring is ongoing one-to-one support from someone who has managed dental practices before. Foxstern Dental Growth Partners mentors new and experienced managers on team leadership, difficult conversations, compliance planning, KPIs and working with the principal. Sessions are confidential and practical, and run in person or remotely. Mentoring sits alongside any formal training a manager chooses to take.
Most practice managers learn on the job. Many were brilliant nurses or receptionists who got promoted, then found themselves handling HR issues, CQC preparation and rotas with nobody to ask.
Siobhán Allwood-Oke has been there. She moved from the front desk and sedation nursing into practice management and senior directorship, and she mentors managers with the kind of practical advice she would have valued herself.
What Our Practice Manager Mentoring Includes
Regular One-to-One Sessions
Scheduled time to talk through priorities, problems and plans with someone who understands how dental practices run.
Managing Your Team
Support with delegation, setting expectations and building a team that takes ownership instead of bringing every problem to you.
Difficult Conversations
Help preparing for conversations about performance, conduct or change, so you go in calm and come out with a clear outcome.
Compliance Planning
Keeping CQC readiness and everyday compliance organised, so it is part of the routine rather than a panic before inspection.
Numbers and KPIs
Understanding the figures that matter, reporting them clearly to the principal and using them to make better decisions.
Working With the Principal
How to build a good working relationship with the owner, agree responsibilities and raise concerns constructively.
Want Someone in Your Corner?
Start with a free, no-obligation conversation and we will talk through where you are now and how mentoring could help.
Book your free growth auditWho Is Practice Manager Mentoring For?
Practice manager mentoring is for anyone running the day-to-day operation of a UK dental practice. It suits newly appointed managers finding their feet, experienced managers facing a new challenge such as growth or a change of ownership, and dental nurses or receptionists stepping into an assistant manager role. Practice owners also arrange mentoring for their manager as part of their development.
Smaller practices may also suit our practice management support. See dental nurse career guidance or all team training and mentorship.
Not Sure Where to Start?
How Does Practice Manager Mentoring Work?
Mentoring follows a simple, flexible structure.
- Initial conversation. We talk through your role, your practice and what you want help with right now.
- Agree your goals. Together we set clear priorities for the first few months, so sessions stay focused.
- Regular sessions. Scheduled one-to-ones in person or remotely, with practical actions to take away each time.
- Support between sessions. An open line for when something urgent comes up and you need a second opinion.