It takes years to build trust, and only seconds to break it. So, how do you strengthen and maintain such a fragile part of your practice? To help you cultivate trust between you, your team, and your patients, Kirk Behrendt brings back Ariel Juday, one of ACT’s amazing coaches, to share the six common ways trust is broken and the steps you can take to avoid them. To create the foundation of a healthy practice, listen to Episode 843 of The Best Practices Show!

Learn More About Ariel:

Send Ariel an email: ariel@actdental.com
Follow Ariel on ACT’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actdental
Send Gina an email: gina@actdental.com
Email the ACT Team for their free resources: info@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
Get The Best Practices Magazine for free: https://www.actdental.com/magazine
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Episode Resources:

Watch the video version of Episode 843: https://www.youtube.com/@actdental/videos
Download ACT’s How Trustworthy are You? tool: https://23476641.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/23476641/How%20Trustworthy%20Are%20You.pdf
Download ACT’s Building an Appreciative Workplace tool: https://23476641.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/23476641/Building%20Appreciation%20in%20the%20Workplace-%20original%20(1).pdf
Download ACT’s Communication Rhythms tool: https://23476641.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/23476641/ACT_Dental_-_Communication_Rhythms_DL.pdf

Main Takeaways:

Keep your word and manage expectations.
Be upfront, transparent, and communicate clearly.
Treat everyone fairly and give your team equal respect.
Seek and listen to feedback, then follow through on them.
Show accountability. Acknowledge and learn from your mistakes.
Only set realistic expectations that you can deliver on consistently.

Snippets:

0:00 Introduction.

1:11 Why this is an important topic.

4:33 Keep your word.

9:36 Be upfront and transparent.

15:07 Don't play favorites.

20:01 Listen to feedback.

27:33 Show accountability.

29:52 Under-promise and over-deliver.

31:48 Final takeaways.

Ariel Juday Bio:

Ariel has a master’s in healthcare administration and several years of dental experience in all aspects of the administrative roles within the dental office. Her passion is to work with dental teams to empower team members to realize their full potential in order to better serve patients, improve office systems to ensure a well-functioning team/office, and to help everyone have fun in the process!