No matter how impressive your vision for your practice may be, dreams require hard work and strategic planning. Highly successful practice owners learn to set goals realistically and effectively. Master the skills of effective goal-setting, strategic planning, and assessment to find greater success in your business.

Set Incremental Goals

Start small when setting goals by establishing daily and weekly goals. It can be easy to let ambition take over while you dream of long-term goals. However, you cannot reach your long-term goals without smaller victories along the way. Setting smaller, incremental goals provides the opportunity for you to be in consistent control of your practice. You will know if you miss a weekly goal, and you can then adjust your strategy to make sure your team can stay on track moving forward. If you are only setting quarterly or yearly goals it can come as a surprise when you miss them, or your team might be left struggling to meet them in the eleventh hour.

Make Goals Visible

You and your team need a visual reminder of what your goals are and when you plan to achieve them. Put them up on a bulletin board in the office or include them on your calendar. Write your goals in a place you look daily as a consistent reminder. We all have those back-of-the-mind thoughts or ideas that might be good if implemented, but they are frequently forgotten. Make your goals visible to you and your entire team.

Measure Your Goals

How will you know if you achieved your goal if you cannot measure it? Goals should have a measurable standard. Perhaps your goal is to see a 20% increase in your monthly new patient numbers in a 6 month timeframe. By defining specific numbers and timeframes, your goals will lead to action. Abstract goals are often set and missed. When a goal is clear and measurable, you can more easily create a plan that accomplishes the goal at hand. Once you’ve set measurable goals, make sure you have a cadence for evaluating them. Will you be reviewing your progress weekly, monthly, or quarterly? This timeframe will vary based on the size of the goal and effort needed to evaluate change.

Evaluate your goal-setting protocol to identify areas of opportunity. Master these skills and you will be on your way to the success you desire.

Contact our dental accounting firm in Towson, MD today to see what our team can do for you.

Schiff & Associates, CPA

Email: ASchiff@Schiffcpa.com

Phone: (410) 321-7707

Url: https://www.schiffcpa.com/

100 West Road, Suite 410

Towson, MD 21204

Annual financial reports show that many Americans overpay on their taxes by a collective one billion dollars every year. This happens when people fail to hire experts who are well-versed in available tax credits and deductions. Considering tax implications, laws and spending before tax season can help you to properly plan and take advantage of credits and write offs available to you.

There are a number of deductions to consider, including:

Charitable Expenses – Depending on the nature of your giving and documentation, you may be eligible for a deduction related to charitable contributions.
Job-Hunting Costs – Whether seeking employment or to recruiting employees, you may have expenses in this category worthy of consideration.
Lifetime Learning Credit – With proper documentation, certain programs may allow for a tax credit.

Bigger Picture Changes

In addition to claiming credits during the actual filing process, there are a number of big-picture changes you may want to consider in the coming year.