How to be a leader

Being an effective leader is far more than being the person in charge. Though this article we will look at different styles of leadership and how managers (or leaders) can enable their teams to strive to achieve the best outcome in all of their endeavours.

Leadership is a very current topic, as the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) inspections of dental practices want to establish leadership as one of the five aspects:

Whilst a dental practice may have the most effective and experienced manager in place, the team also needs a person who is able to lead. An effective team will have both – and this can be the same person. Generally, within dental practices, the management team consists of the practice manager and the principal dentist. Both will need to work together to establish the ethos of the practice and the business direction, while ensuring this is established within the team to enable all members to be fully engaged with the delivery of dental care.