{"id":691,"date":"2026-05-28T08:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/?post_type=article&#038;p=691"},"modified":"2026-06-10T08:35:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:35:03","slug":"dental-business-management-part-1-creating-a-vision-the-why-of-your-business-5401","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/article\/dental-business-management-part-1-creating-a-vision-the-why-of-your-business-5401\/","title":{"rendered":"Dental Business Management Part 1: Creating a Vision &#8211; The \u2018Why\u2019 of your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"article-type":[6],"forum-tag":[102,103,104],"class_list":["post-691","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article-type-insights","forum-tag-dental-practice-management","forum-tag-small-business","forum-tag-social-values"],"acf":{"feature_topic":"","authors":[1280,1278],"read_time":"12 min","publication_date":"20240306","doi":"10.3290\/iti.fi.45727","excerpt":"Setting the vision of your business is fundamental to its success moving forward, even if your business only has you in it. The benefits of setting a vision, and then values, and then a mission will provide the guiding lights that allow you to move your business towards the place where you would like it to be.","references":"BDJ. More than half of dentists say stress is affecting their practice. Br Dent J 2019;226:7.\r\n\r\nBeveridge H, and Hunt-Davis B. Will it make the boat go faster? Olympic-winning strategoes for everyday success. Market Harborough: Matador\/Troubador Publishing Limited, 2011.\r\n\r\nColeman J. It\u2019s Time to Take a Fresh Look at Your Company\u2019s Values. Harvard Business Review 2022(3).\r\n\r\nDoerr J. Measure What Matters<em>.<\/em> 1st edn. New York: Portfolio\/Penguin, 2018.\r\n\r\nOlson AB. 4 Common Reasons Strategies Fail. Harvard Business Review 2022(6).\r\n\r\nShanafelt TD, Boone S, Tan L, Dyrbye LN, Sotile W, Satele D, West CP, Sloan J, Oreskovich MR. Burnout and satisfaction with work-life balance among US physicians relative to the general US population. Arch Intern Med 2012;172(18):1377-1385.\r\n\r\nSinek S. How great leaders inspire action. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube TED talk 2009<\/a> (Accessed: September 28, 2023).","endnote":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1564,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/691\/revisions\/1564"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/forum-author\/1278"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/forum-author\/1280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-type?post=691"},{"taxonomy":"forum-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/forum-tag?post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}