Barriers at Each Practice Stage, with Lilly Cortes-Pona of LCP Dental Coaching

Lilly Cortes-Pona is a dental practice consultant and coach who specializes in pediatric practices. Her company writes the practice management newsletter for the AAPD, and she works with practice owners all over the country to help them lead, connect, and profit. In our discussion, we go through common barriers and issues that pediatric dentists face at each stepping stone in their career, from early practice owner all the way to multi-doc, multi-office practices.  In this podcast we discuss: - Challenges that early career dentists and startups face - The importance of considering utilizing a therapist for your mental well-being - When to bring on an associate and why associates are in such demand - How to get multiple doctors to agree on what direction to take the practice. - How a dental coach works and how they can work with a practice to improve outcomes LCP coaching website: www.lcpcoaching.com Lilly has also provided our listeners with a free link to her "checklist for success": https://lcpcoaching.formstack.com/forms/checklist_for_success