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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…
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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…
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Mark Topley reveals the important steps businesses need to take to succeed post-COVID-19. The disruption of the past six months has changed every sector of society. It’s rare for any generation to experience an event that leaves no one unaffected, whether rich or poor. But with challenge also comes opportunity. There have been notable advances…
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Despite being in the middle of a pandemic, Mark Topley explains why working with a charity is more important than ever. The pandemic has brought so many social issues into sharp focus. It can feel overwhelming and so many people struggle to find a response. But what would it be like if you could put…
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Mark Topley explains his formula for practice principals to consider when discussing reopening their practice with the dental team. Are you starting to think about getting your team back together? It may be a few weeks away, but the way that you set your team up to return to work will be a crucial element…
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Are you currently worried about difficult conversations you might have to have at work after lockdown? Mark Topley lists some things to consider when you’re having these talks. You might be asking people to work in different ways, work longer hours, more flexible working patterns. You might even be having to lay some people off…
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Mark Topley explains why connecting with your dental team during lockdown is the most important part of your week. If you’ve tried to keep connecting with your team when they’re not turning up to a physical place of work, then you’ll know how hard it is. Some people are really keen to stay in touch.…
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Looking for ways your practice can help during the COVID-19 crisis? Mark Topley looks around to see what the profession has been doing. Have you been trying to make a difference in your community during COVID-19? Maybe you’ve organised some activities and you’re now wondering what to do next. Perhaps you’ve struggled to know what…
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Mark Topley explains how you can come out of lockdown with a cohesive, motivated and purposeful team. Are you starting to feel the effects of lockdown? How are your team faring? It’s seems to be a tough time on every front. Although there are promising signs that the pandemic curve is flattening, there is still…
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Mark Topley gives his three Cs, explaining what dental practices can still do in this current time of the COVID-19 crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way we live, work and socialise in ways that would seem impossible after the first case on 31 December 2019 in Wuhan, China. Less than three months later,…
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Now is the time for leadership from the dental team in your community, Mark Topley says. At a time like this, it’s easy to think that we simply don’t have time for our corporate social responsibility. But as uncertain as things are, it’s never been more important to be community minded. As a small business…
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Mark Topley explains how corporate social responsibility (CSR) helps with leading your dental practice team. In my last blog, I wrote about the critical need for leadership in order for a business to succeed. In fact, when problems persist in teams they are absolutely the leader’s responsibility. I took part in an excellent day-long study…
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Leadership is a skill that can be learnt, not a matter of hierarchy, Mark Topley says. Are you struggling to get your team working effectively? Do you see too much of what you don’t want, and not nearly enough of what you do? It’s easy to attribute issues in the team with problem personalities or…
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Are you looking to create a more charitable dental practice this year? Mark Topley explains how to create a CSR plan. Heads up – at the end of this blog, there’s a free download – a 2020 CSR plan template for you to use to plan your community, charity and environmental work for this year.…
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Mark Topley discusses what can be done in practice to ensure you are doing the right things and how to maximise the effectiveness of your team through CSR For most businesses, the salary budget is one of the most significant expenses. Yet, many continue to try and squeeze more efficiency from systems and processes when…
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Mark Topley talks to Ben Wilkes about how businesses can get the most out of working with charities. For more information on the work of Children on the Edge visit www.childrenontheedge.org. To hear more from Mark Topley visit marktopley.co.uk.
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Mark Topley discusses what can be done to make the most of your charity and community work, in particular how it can build your team and your business ‘Doing your bit for charity’ has long been something many people take up as a part of running their business. National charity days and coffee mornings, donating…
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Patients are demanding practices start becoming environmentally responsible, Mark Topley says. I don’t often go food shopping, because in our family we’ve distributed the domestic responsibilities that way. But when I do, it’s still a surprise to see the absence of carrier bags at the self service checkout. I now have to ask for one…
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Do you struggle to implement a manageable CSR plan in your practice, Mark Topley asks. The challenge that all businesses face today is that nine out of 10 people expect them to do good as part of their normal business strategy (projectROI.com). In order to win those people over, whether they are patients or staff,…
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