Posted in Posts
‘Every decision we make impacts the environment’: Mark Topley explains why sustainable dentistry is becoming a necessity. When you think about the future of dentistry, what comes to mind? Maybe advanced technology, smarter AI, or even fully digital workflows? But what if I told you that the real game-changer is something far more impactful, rooted…
Posted in Posts
Mark Topley discusses a new approach to leading teams in private practice to create a workplace where everyone thrives. We all appreciate that there’s a great deal that goes into building a successful practice – clinical excellence, patient care, and efficient operations – but none is more critical than the strength of your team. The…
Posted in Posts
Mark Topley discusses the surprising key to recruitment and retention, and the importance of considering corporate social responsibility (CSR) when creating your workforce. These days, what people want from their jobs has changed a lot. This shift has been happening for years, but the pandemic really brought it into focus. In dentistry, just like in…
Posted in Posts
As more consumers than ever demand services that are environmentally friendly, transparency and honesty are key to preventing greenwashing and being authentically sustainable, says Mark Topley. It seems that virtually every consumer brand on the planet is keen to align itself with the growing consumer demand for sustainability – and for good reason. The desire for…
Posted in Posts
Mark Topley explains how Go Practice Green can help your practice become more sustainable with minimal time, effort and disruption. In the midst of the growing patient and employee demand for eco-responsibility, understanding sustainability is not just an ethical imperative – it’s a business one, too. ‘Go Practice Green’ is your new dental-specific sustainability platform.…
Posted in Posts
Leading from the front: Mark Topley shares his seven key strategies for becoming a leader with an outstanding team. If you’re reading this, chances are you’re grappling with the complexities of leadership in today’s ever-changing landscape. The challenges are many: recruitment, retention, competitive remuneration, and the ever-looming threat of your talent being poached by competitors.…
Posted in Posts
Mark Topley describes the importance of dental practices understanding their carbon footprint and ways to improve it. As we all return to work after the summer break, it’s a perfect time to refocus our attention to the environment. The laid-back days of summer often give us a chance to reconnect with nature, reminding us of…
Posted in Posts
Mark Topley explains how to achieve more sustainable procurement and examines the impact this will have on the future of the profession. Sustainable procurement is a compelling paradigm shift gaining an increasing momentum across many sectors. In dentistry, the potential to transform procurement strategies towards more sustainable, ethical options is vast. But the key to…
Posted in Posts
A positive culture is fundamental to your practice, says Mark Topley, and it’s completely within your power to create one. The late, great Peter Drucker was right: ‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast.’ No matter how gifted you are clinically, commercially or strategically, your practice simply will not succeed if your culture is toxic. Culture is the only sustainable aspect of…
Posted in Posts
Mark Topley explores what it means to be a great boss, and to lead a productive, happy team and a sustainable, responsible business. As the world continues to change and evolve, so do the expectations and requirements of being a great boss. In 2023, simply meeting the bottom line is no longer enough. A successful business…
Posted in Posts
Mark Topley explains some of the things great bosses will do in a recession that will set them apart. Pretty much everyone I speak to at the moment agrees that it’s tough out there. Whether they are clients, fellow coaches, CEOs, managers or the fantastic people who work in dental practices, we all agree that…
Posted in Posts
Mark Topley gives an insight into sustainability in the dental sector and outlines some ways that you can make your practice more sustainable. Mark, thank you for speaking with us. Could you please tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? My name is Mark Topley. I basically help dentists to have…
Posted in Posts
In the final blog of a four-part series, Mark Topley explains why reviewing and celebrating your progress is important. If you’re over the age of 40, you’ll probably remember ‘Smashy and Nicey’, characters created by Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse in the early 90s. A parody of a particular generation of ageing radio DJs, the…
Posted in Posts
In the third of a four-part series, Mark Topley explains how to implement a more sustainable approach to running your practice. In our first two columns, we looked at why sustainability matters, and how to create the foundations for your plan. If you’ve not yet read those two articles, I recommend taking a look. If…
Posted in Posts
In the second of a four-part series, Mark Topley explains how to plan a more sustainable approach to running your practice. Most people I speak to are aware of the need to run a more sustainable practice. This awareness is usually married with a desire to act. But where many fail is taking that critical…
Posted in Posts
After COP26 launched this week, Mark Topley explores what sustainability means for dentistry and those working in the profession. You can’t fail to have noticed that a rather important event kicked off in Glasgow this week. In planetary terms, COP26 (or the 26th Council of the Parties) is the most significant global government conference ever.…
Posted in Posts
Mark Topley explores how you can capitalise on your corporate social responsibility efforts to best effect. ‘We did an event for charity a few months back. It was great fun, and everybody had such a fantastic time. And then we realised after a while that we’d done nothing since. All that momentum, all that goodwill,…
Posted in Posts
Mark Topley offers insight into how to get started with – or improve – your corporate sustainability and responsibility (CSR) offering, what can be achieved, and how it can be used to best effect to achieve a win-win scenario. For dentistry, it seems, building a positive brand is more of a problem than it is…
Posted in Posts
Mark Topley asks, when can we stop feeling guilty and take the first steps towards greener dentistry? We are experiencing climate change on a global level from the harm we have been inflicting on our planet for decades. It sometimes seems to be a guessing game as to which extreme weather alert will be given…
