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Best of DSO Secrets: Leadership Resources

Author:Emmet Scott
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Editors note: The DSO Secrets: Dentist Entrepreneurs Growing Dental Organizations Facebook page is a place to find resources, networking opportunities, information about upcoming industry events, and a forum to ask fellow dentist entrepreneurs questions you may have about running your business. The following was a recent discussion among DSO Secrets Facebook page members.

Arunav Chakravarty asked: Any recommendations of audio books, podcasts on leadership?

DSO Secrets Facebook page members responded:

Bren Browns Dare to Lead podcast. - Cassie Tallon

Dave Ramseys EntreLeadership podcast. Listened to each podcast multiple times. - Bernie Kolber

TED Business is a leadership podcast hosted by Modupe Akinola of Columbias Business School. Bren Browns podcast Dare to Lead is worth checking out as well. - Sina S. Amiri

1. Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box, by The Arbinger Institute

2. Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork, by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy

3. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, by Patrick Lencioni

4. Conversations Worth Having: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement, by Jacqueline M. Stavros and Cheri Torres. - Gary Bird

Paul Etchisons Dental Practice Heroes podcast. - Kaori Ema

Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valleys Bill Campbell, by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg is fantastic. - Kyle Garro

The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals, by Sean Covey and Chris McChesney. Simple yet profound. - Doug Gray

Agree with the Leadership and Self-Deception recommendation. Its a mandatory read for all our new employees on Day No. 2. Also recently read If Disney Ran Your Hospital: 9 1/2 Things You Would Do Differently and it was amazing. All about vision for what a healthcare setting can be like. - Tim Richardson

None of these will help unless you actually implement what they are saying. A lot of times we (I am guilty also) listen to them, believe they have great ideas and we never change. Take an idea and give it a chance! I do this weekly now. Some work, some do not, but if you do not try, why even waste your time reading or listening? - John Cannariato

I love the book Atomic Habits by James Clear as this is the start for any good implementation of leadership or anything you are passionate about! - Eric Todd Scheyer

Radical Candor by Kim Scott who will be a speaker at the 2021 DEO Summer Summit. - Deo Crew

The Resilient Entrepreneur podcast with Kevin Johnson. - Patrick ORourke

The 15 Commitments to Conscious Leadership, by Jim Dethmer and Diana Chapman! A must read. - Charles Moser

Emmet Scott
Founder & CEO

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