Episode 18: Using Retreats to Become a Fortune 500 Company

Dr. Bob Pick is a popular business practice management consultant, coach, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and professional speaker known for his high energy, fast moving, motivational, highly educational, and entertaining programs. His audience always goes home with great information that can be used immediately for practice enhancement and reward! The PBR! or the Pick Business-Team-Building Retreat, one of Dr. Pick's most Powerful Secrets to Success, is so good, it is Chapter 8 in Jack Canfield's new book, "Mastering the Art of Success"  (of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books and The Success Principles!) Dr. Pick is the CEO of The Pick Group, a practice management firm based on ethics and excellence all designed to yield a happy, healthy and wealthy practice!  Focus is on getting new patients through the door, growth, system operations, building your Purple-Cow-Wow Brand, mission, vision, culture, why you do what you do, goal setting and attainment, social media, organization and creation of a great team and team environment, and much more! "We Make Your Practice Unstoppable!" He is also in private practice and in the "trenches" just like you. Dr. Pick received his Dental Degree, Certificate of Residency in Periodontics and his Master of Science Degree, oral pathology, all from Northwestern University. Dr. Pick is currently engaged in full time private practice of Periodontics, Implants and Oral Medicine, in Aurora, Illinois.  He is also a member of the attending staff of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the Northwestern University's Medical School.  Dr. Pick has also been involved with the Jack Welch Business Management Institute. Dr. Pick is recognized by Dentistry Today as one of the top 200 Leaders in Continuing Education and has won this honor all 21 years that the award has been given. Most recently Dentistry Today listed him as a Consulting Leader. He was the recipient of the 1998 Gordon J. Christensen Outstanding Lecturer Recognition Award. Dr. Pick is a Fellow in both the American and International College of Dentists, he is a member of the O.K.U. Honors Dental Society, and the Pierre Fauchard International Dental Honors Society. Dr. Pick won the 2014 Northwestern University Merit Award for outstanding achievement in a profession. It is the highest award given by the University. Dr. Pick has presented programs nationally and internationally, has published numerous articles and book chapters in the scientific literature, including writing the first text ever on "Lasers in Dentistry." He has been on live closed circuit TV at both the CDS and Hinman Dental Meetings. Dr. Pick is on the Advisory Board of the Journal, Dentist's Money Digest, where he also writes a monthly article. He also now writes monthly management articles for Dentistry Today on Practice Management. As an official spokesperson for the American Dental Association Dr. Pick has frequently been featured in the media including: Good Morning America, Fortune, Self, Wall Street Journal, Glamour, McCalls, MORE, Popular Mechanics, Cosmopolitan, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, L.A. Times, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, Fox News, Ladies Home Journal, Men's Health, others, and even The National Enquirer! In his spare time Bob is classic Corvette collector, an avid Guitar player and collector, and a  commercial pilot