Follow the leader: part 4 – leadership pillar 3 – delivering the key outcomes

This series of four articles opens by discussing the concept of leadership and its importance in the fast-changing world of dental practice. Styles of leadership are considered and the opportunity to develop your leadership skills is affirmed. Leadership is not something that you have to be born to; the art can be developed. Three pillars of leadership are proposed namely:

These articles aim to give the reader some straightforward ideas for developing leadership skills and a set of further reading references to help with further development.

This final leadership pillar is about the practice moving towards success because the whole team is delivering on the fundamental components of the practice Vision. The key intended outcomes will be described in the text of your Vision (or the mission statement). The exact and inspiring wording of your practice Vision is your business, however, it is likely that the key intended outcomes might be summarized as follows for dental practices: