Sunday, March 15, 2009

The Measure of Success

The other day I was talking to one of our client’s orthodontic treatment coordinators. This team member is an absolute superstar. However, when her practice first enrolled in the Total Ortho Success™ - Management Program, she was only closing about 60% of the new patient consults. Now she’s at 90%!

How did she get so good? One simple word—measurement! After receiving training on Greenlight Case Presentation™ and Stage III Customer Service™, she also began to measure her performance daily, including:
  • Number of patients seen
  • Overall starts
  • Close rate during initial consults
  • Close rate for “fence-sitters” after follow-up contact
By seeing what techniques worked, she was able to continually improve her case presentations. Three months after her Levin Experience™ began, her numbers skyrocketed!

Knowledge is critical, but measurement is just as important. Remember, as business guru Peter F. Drucker once said, “What gets measured gets done.”