Episode 258

Lessons from a Green Beret on How to Do a SWOT Analysis of Your Practice with Green Beret

Host: Gary Takacs | Published Date: December 28, 2016 | Listening Time: 0:54:10

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Business lessons can be learned from surprising places. In this Thriving Dentist Show Gary interviews his friend Brett Rutherford, retired member of the US Army Elite Special Forces better known as a ‘Green Beret’. Brett spent significant time as a Green Beret as a Paratrooper jumping from airplanes at 36,000 ft. Upon retirement from the US Army, Brett earned a college degree in finance and banking applying what he learned in his military career and his education to build a successful financial services company.

Running Time: 54:10 minutes

In this show, Gary and Brett discuss how to conduct a SWOT analysis of your practice. Gary and Brett discuss; The specifics of how to do a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis, the importance of conducting an internal and external SWOT analysis, how the right pension plan can be a strength in your practice, why ‘key person’ life insurance can help mitigate a potential threat and how to take action once you have conducted a SWOT analysis.

Brett’s email address: brett@rutherfordfinancial.com

Brett’s website: www.rutherfordfinancial.com

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Gary Takacs

Gary Takacs Gary became a successful practice owner by purchasing a fixer-upper practice and developing it into a world-class dental practice. He is passionate about sharing his hard-earned insights and experiences with dental practices across the globe.

As a dental practice coach, Gary provides guidance for dental professionals on how to create a healthier practice style that lets them deliver excellent patient care while reducing depending on insurance.

More importantly, Gary’s insights are not just based on theory – as a co-owner of a dental practice, he has first-hand experience in making this transformation from a high-volume and low-fee insurance model to a fee-for-service approach that is more sustainable and promotes a patient-centric and financially healthy dental practice, and he is dedicated to sharing this knowledge with other dental practitioners via the popular Thriving Dentist Show!
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