Mark TopleyApr 15, 20201 minGuest Post at Dentistry – How to get through Lockdown with a strong and positive teamAre you starting to feel the effects of lockdown? How are your team faring? It’s seems to be a tough time on every front. Although there ...
Mark TopleyApr 7, 20204 minThree CSR risks for your practice during lockdown and what to do about themIt’s just over 2 weeks since that historic Prime Ministerial Briefing in which Boris Johnson announced we should not leave our homes unle...
Mark TopleyApr 3, 20201 minGuest Post at Dentistry – Three things responsible practices are doing now in response to COVID-19The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way we live, work and socialise in ways that would seem impossible after the first case on 31 Decem...
Mark TopleyMar 17, 20202 minYour community (and your team) need youAt a time like this, it’s easy to think that we simply don’t have time for our Corporate Social Responsibility. But as uncertain as thing...
Mark TopleyMar 16, 20204 minPersonal thoughts on leading through uncertaintyI didn’t intend to write a blog on the current Corona Virus pandemic. There are plenty of people offering some good advice out there, and...
Mark TopleyFeb 12, 20204 minThe Essential Four Ps for business growthWe all want our businesses to grow. Whether that’s financial growth, growth in size, or internal growth through development. For growth, w...
Mark TopleyJan 9, 20202 minBeat the blues – reject reasonableness and create momentsThe Christmas period (which now seems like a very long time ago!) assaults us each year with a torrent of commercial pressure, expectatio...
Mark TopleyJan 3, 20202 minWhy you need to stop trying to motivate your teamIt’s January, and so thoughts turn from turkey and mince pies to weight loss and New Year’s resolutions. And if you lead a team, one of y...
Mark TopleyDec 2, 20192 minCreating a first-day ‘moment’ to boost your retentionAlmost a third of new hires will quit in the first 6 months. With the cost of recruitment so high, how can you increase your chances of t...
Mark TopleyOct 31, 20193 minFive ways to stop your staff from leavingLet’s face it, your team can be your greatest joy, or your greatest drain – financially, emotionally, and even psychologically. How’s you...
Mark TopleyOct 24, 20193 minThree steps to improving your team cultureDo you want to work somewhere that just feels good the minute you walk in? Somewhere that the team love to come into each morning, and wh...
Mark TopleyOct 9, 20193 minThree ways to a great culture & how CSR helpsDo you ever walk into a business and the culture just feels good? The staff are warm and helpful, but not pushy or fake. There’s an authe...
Mark TopleySep 19, 20194 minSetting up charity partnerships for successLast week I had a long and very enjoyable conversation with Wendy from Well Connected – a community wellbeing charity operating in the so...
Mark TopleySep 5, 20192 minSo many charities need help – how do I choose?The number of charities operating in the UK has increased dramatically in the past 10 years. Almost all are started because of a heartfel...
Mark TopleyMay 16, 20192 minWhat the #beproud campaign is all about – and it’s not fluffyThis week my sister company Dental CSR Certification launched a social media campaign. It encourages people to #beproud of the ‘good’ thi...
Mark TopleyApr 19, 20191 minGuest Blog – Time to take the first steps to ‘greener’ dentistry?I’ve had so many meetings in the past month with clients, industry and professional bodies where making dentistry ‘greener’ was a major t...
Mark TopleyApr 5, 20193 minThree simple steps to clarity in a complicated worldIs it just me or is everything getting more complicated? There’s certainly never been more information available to us to take in. The pr...
Mark TopleyMar 29, 20193 minFive skills your developing leaders need, and how a structured CSR strategy develops themAverage leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar. ...
Mark TopleyMar 15, 20193 minWhy good intentions aren’t enough if you want a great team‘We live in a culture that encourages good intentions, but is less excited about being intentional – and there’s a big difference.’ – Joh...
Mark TopleyMar 8, 20194 min3 foundations to get your team aligned and working togetherAs business owners, we’d love to have a team of people that all care about the business as much as we do. But we all know that’s an unrea...