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New Podcast Episodes

The Creation & Evolution of the Dykema DSO Conference (with Brian Colao) | Ep. 21

June 26, 2026

“We are not pay-to-play. The stage is not for sale, it’s never been for sale, and you can’t buy your way onto it.” In this final installment of a special three-part interview series on Beyond the Operatory, host John Stamper sits down with Brian Colao, Member and Director of the DSO Industry Group at Dykema....

272: Why This Dental CEO Believes People Matter More Than Locations

June 25, 2026

What if growing from one office to ten was never really about the locations at all? Dr. Ronald Taylor sits down with Kendall Hussein to share how he built Trident Endo Dental into a multi-state endodontic group, and why none of it would have worked without putting people first. Ron opens up about a ransomware...

Built to Get Paid Series – Part 4 of 6 -The Dental Billing Command Center

June 25, 2026

Got questions? Send Ericka a Text! Twenty browser tabs. Constant timeouts. Portals that never match your workflow. If you’ve ever felt like dental billing is less about skill and more about surviving fragmentation, we’re saying the quiet part out loud and giving you a clearer path forward. Jen and I unpack the “command center” concept:...

Episode 205 | Management Unfiltered | A Morning Huddle is A Waste of Time

June 25, 2026

Is your dental practice’s morning huddle a total waste of time? For most clinics, it’s treated as just another boring, routine meeting that breeds reactive chaos instead of proactive excellence.In this episode, dental practice experts Kirk Teachout and Zach Shelley expose the truth: your current morning routine might be sabotaging your growth and costing you...

2539: Helping Dentists Rediscover Joy in Practice

June 25, 2026

On today’s episode, Dr. Mark Costes is joined by Doug and Catherine Fettig live from Thrive Live 2026 in Vegas for a conversation on mindset, leadership, and improving the dental experience for both teams and patients. Doug shares how dentists can begin thinking more like CEOs, avoid becoming the bottleneck in their practices, and use...

Episode 359 Your Attitude Determines Your Future

June 25, 2026

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Ep. 780 – Know When to Let Go: Hiring Your Next Office Manager

June 25, 2026

Are you dealing with that nagging feeling that something just isn’t right with your office manager, or are you dreading the process of hiring a new one? Most doctors don’t wake up one morning ready to fire their office manager — it’s usually a slow buildup of small frustrations that eventually signal bigger problems. Dr....

047 120 New Patients in a Rural Market

June 25, 2026

🚀Check out our new Dental AI Receptionist! It schedules better than humans: https://hubs.la/Q04mc4V_0 🚀Grow Your Practice with Cherry Payment Plans: https://bit.ly/496YYLb🚀What are top-performing dentists doing differently? Find out inside the mastermind:  https://shorturl.at/AenIt ➖➖➖➖Most dentists assume you need a wealthy market to build a thriving practice. Dr. Michael McKay proves the opposite. After buying a struggling...

Hotline Call: The Hygienist Shortage Is Real

June 25, 2026

One caller. One problem almost every dentist is dealing with. Jesse is a new practice owner in a rural market. One hygienist is out on maternity leave, another is burning out from assisted hygiene, and after calling schools, searching job boards, and exhausting his options, he’s asking the question every owner eventually asks: “What do...

You’re Busy, So Why Isn’t Your Practice Growing?

June 25, 2026

If your days feel jam-packed but your dental practice still isn’t improving, the problem usually isn’t effort. It’s urgency. The loudest problems in a practice always win, and they trick us into believing we’ll work on systems, leadership, and growth “once things slow down.” They don’t slow down, and that’s exactly why so many practice...

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