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Developing a Winning Culture DR. GREGORY TOBACK
My passion for cultivating a “championship team” was one of the initial drivers that motivated me to begin scaling my dental business. Sports dynasties have an ability to create a winning culture and this concept intrigued me. Championship teams have a very strong bond that ties them to a common goal.
The experience of connection and community has been explored by authors including Sebastian Junger in his book “Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging”. Junger argues that the bond of the tribe is strongest when there is a great and common threat to all members of the commu-
nity. There is a purpose that brings the tribe into a single focus that creates this primal connection. Once the threat has passed, the challenge of perpetual tribal unity begins. I’ve reflected quite a bit on this and how it pertains to what we are building at Resolute Dental Partners.
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After owning my own periodontal practice for 18 years, we started our DSO in 2018 with the goal of acquiring referral practices and creating a self-sustaining dental organization. I felt confident that I had mastered the ability to challenge a team, create unity surrounding common goals, and have the group predictably respond with a culture of enthusiasm and engagement. However, once we acquired our first practice and I had applied my historical systems for team building,
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