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#6 Leadership
Build the inspired team that can run your business for you.
Case Study
Spring Grove Dental Clinic, Glasgow
Whenever you meet David Cunningham the lead clinician and co founder of Spring Grove Dental Clinic you will always hear him say, “I’m just the dentist around here – the Managing Director of this business is my wife Dawn Cunningham”.
In my fifteen years of coaching with dentists I would hold Dawn Cunningham right up there in my top 5 in terms of individuals who demonstrate excellent leadership characteristics.
Dawn has consistently built and maintained a championship support team around her and this has allowed her personally to maintain the busy requirements of a working mum and co business owner.
The team at Spring Grove are excellent in every capacity, not only in their skill and knowledge but also in the attitude that they bring to work every single day.
Dawn is close to a perfect leader – she will never accept half standards but at the same time is firm and fair and it has been a pleasure to watch both her and the team grow over the years – whilst at the same time see David fulfill his own potential as a clinician and businessman.
Testimonial
David and Dawn Cunningham, Directors, Spring Grove Clinic
We have worked with Chris for several years building a new management structure for our clinic. This has involved re drawing the 'typical' structure of a dental practice and implementing a different vision for our clinic.
He has helped us define our roles as Managing Director and Clinical Director and taught us how to grow the perfect management team and support team. Part of this was learning how to create a preferred place of employment that had career opportunities for all of the team and then training them to become empowered individuals and ambassadors of our brand.
Chris' deep understanding of brand, systems, team, leadership and generally knowing ' what makes people tick' has been an integral part of this clinics success. His unending enthusiasm and encouragement married with an ability to ' give it to you straight' makes him the ultimate being in business coaching.
A trustworthy, passionate individual who has unrivalled experience in dental business make him a wonderful asset to any business who wishes to improve the all round performance of their clinic.
There is no better testament to this than winning awards for Best Patient Care and the prestigious Practice of the Year 2010 at the Private Dentistry Awards. These wonderful achievements are thanks to Chris Barrows vision, direction and support in making Spring Grove Clinic a leader in UK Dentistry.
We have no hesitation in recommending Chris to any business owner. 
