823: 3 Essential Roles Every Dentist Must Embrace: Clinician, Entrepreneur, and Leader – Heather Crockett

You went to dental school to be a clinician. But to be a successful practice owner, there are two other roles you need to fulfill! To help you enhance your leadership and entrepreneurial skills, Kirk Behrendt brings back Heather Crockett, one of ACT’s amazing coaches, to explain how to embrace these essential roles and how to balance all three. To learn how this will lead to a more fulfilling dental career, listen to Episode 823 of The Best Practices Show!

Learn More About Heather:

• Send Heather an email: heather@actdental.com 
• Join Heather on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heather.r.crockett
• Follow Heather on ACT’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actdental
• Send Gina an email: gina@actdental.com 

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• Subscribe to The Best Practices Show: https://the-best-practices-show.captivate.fm/listen
• Join The Best Practices Association: https://www.actdental.com/bpa
• Join ACT’s To The Top Study Club: https://www.actdental.com/ttt
• See the ACT Dental/BPA Live Event Schedule: https://www.actdental.com/event
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• Please leave us a review on the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-practices-show-with-kirk-behrendt/id1223838218

Episode Resources:

• Watch the video version of Episode 823: https://www.youtube.com/@actdental/videos
• Read The E-Myth by Michael E. Gerber: https://www.michaelegerbercompanies.com/product/the-e-myth-revisited
• Read Traction by Gino Wickman: https://benbellabooks.com/shop/traction
• Learn about EOS: https://www.eosworldwide.com

Main Takeaways:

• Embrace the role of clinician, entrepreneur, and leader to become successful.
• No one will care more about your business than you. Own the three roles.
• Hire a coach. You need someone to challenge you and make you better.
• Don't find time — make time to work on the business side of dentistry.
• Commit to continuous learning. Seek out CE and mentorship.
• Join the ACT community to enhance your leadership skills!
• A thriving practice requires a balance of all three roles.
• Stop comparing yourself to others.

Snippets:

0:00 Introduction.

1:15 Why these three roles are important.

2:48 You can't pass these roles to others.

4:37 The clinician role, explained.

7:37 The entrepreneurial role, explained.

13:10 Carve out entrepreneurial time.

17:31 You can't do it alone.

20:01 Traction and EOS.

23:13 The leadership role, explained.

26:26 Final takeaways.

Heather Crockett Bio:

Heather Crockett is a Lead Practice Coach who finds joy in not only improving practices but improving the lives of those she coaches as well. With over 20 years of combined experience in assisting, office management, and clinical dental hygiene, her awareness supports many aspects of the practice setting.

Heather received her dental hygiene degree from the Utah College of Dental Hygiene in 2008. Networking in the dental community comes easy to her, and she loves to connect with like-minded colleagues on social media. Heather enjoys both attending and presenting continuing education to expand her knowledge and learn from her friends and colleagues.

She enjoys hanging out with her husband, three sons, and their dog, Moki, scrolling through social media, watching football, and traveling.