Talks
Dr Ropra is available for talks on the following topics. If you would like Dr Ropra to speak at your event, please contact us for a media pack.
Relationships & Dentistry
What’s most important to you, your partner, your staff, and your patients?
This talk explains the following:
- The driving forces behind relationships
- How your ‘voids’ drive your ‘values’
- Value systems – how each one of us are unique individuals
- Finding out what are your highest values are
- How knowing what you value and others value affects communication
- Managing the relationship you have with yourself and your practice
- Why relationships either work or don’t work in dentistry
Leadership & Dentistry
Do you consider yourself a great dentist but a poor leader?
This talk explains the following:
- Key issues which stop us from growing in leadership in practice
- The components of a great leader
- How to ask for support from your staff without being frightened
- How to align your practice so that your team is congruent
- Solutions to everyday problems from ‘difficult patients’ to ‘managing volatility’
- Having certainty in practice
- How to leave the practice grateful at the end of the day
Dental Mastery
No matter what happens, are you the Master of your life?
This talk explains the following:
- How to balance ‘being’ a dentist, ‘doing’ dentistry and ‘having’ fulfillment
- Dealing with the frustrations of not knowing your true worth
- How ‘narcissism’ and ‘altruism’ affect fair exchange in dental practice
- Giving and receiving are needed to have a grateful practice
- How to deal with fear and guilt in practice
- How to improve your skill set
- Understanding feedback that staff, patients and the practice gives
How to find your purpose
What were the reasons for you wanting to be a dentist?
This talk explains the following:
- Why it’s important to know your purpose in life and to have a mission
- How sustainability is achieved when you have a big enough reason
- Dealing with the supports and challenges of dentistry
- Useful tips for newly qualified dentists / those wanting to change
- Understanding the fundamental issue of being a dentist – THE WHY!
Hiring and Firing of Staff
Are you having frustrations with your staff members?
This talk explains the following:
- Why your practice needs its functions mapped out
- Ensuring that you have clear defined job descriptions
- How to hire the right member of staff at interview level
- How to deal with uninspired members of staff
- Preventing hidden agendas in communication and dealing with staff
- Keeping the staff you have – ‘firing them up instead of firing them out’
- The ‘What’s in it for me?’ factor is discussed
The support & challenges in Dentistry
Are you having difficulty in staying focused in practice?
This talk explains the following:
- How humans react when supported or challenged
- Principles of dealing with volatility in the dental practice
- Managing your perceptions when things are not going your way
- The healing potential; creating and manifesting things
- Touches topics from psychology, physiology, quantum physics to astronomy
- The mind-body connection and how our perceptions affect our health.
The business of Dentistry
Are you struggling to deal with your practice responsibilities?
This talk explains the following:
- Increasing income – How it increases responsibilities and accountabilities
- Principles of wealth creation that have stood the test of time
- Growing to the next level in your practice
- Managing your emotions around money
- How money and self worth are related
- Stratergies for ensuring you leave a legacy