Sessions

Difficult conversations – whether we choose to engage in them or avoid them – cause a tremendous amount of stress and friction in both professional and personal relationships. But what if there were ways to make these conversations both more successful – and less painful?
In this session, we begin by identifying the five most common conversation “derailers” – the behaviors and conditions that most often contribute to conversations going off the rails. Once we understand why things so often go badly, we turn our attention to how to consistently ensure that conversations go better. Here, we focus on four specific, actionable strategies that can help get a difficult conversation back on track – or, even better, prevent it from going downhill in the first place.
After 10+ years of sharing my original Growth Mindset session with Vistage leaders around the world, this new session brings the same combination of rigorous research and deep practical experience to the art and science of mastering difficult conversations.

How many times in life do we challenge ourselves, and our businesses, with lofty goals only to discover that their achievement ultimately fails to satisfy? When articulating a vision, setting goals and choosing where to invest our time, do we think deeply enough about:

· Who we are?

· What we’re passionate about?

· What we, and our companies, are uniquely gifted to accomplish?

· Why any of these things really matter in the first place?

Participants in this workshop begin by identifying what truly matters most to them, both professionally and personally. They’re then led on a journey of deep reflection to clarify the all-important drivers behind those priorities – the ‘why’ behind the ‘what’ – to gain insight about their purpose and what a life of true significance means to them.

It's a big, deep, truly unforgettable experience that many have called ‘transformational.’ As such, it’s perfect for demonstrating the uniqueness of Vistage/TEC to prospective member-guests, and for bonding your group more deeply together.

Brett conducts this highly interactive workshop by employing artful storytelling, spontaneous humor, and authentic vulnerability to create a safe environment for members to embrace and express their own emotions. He sometimes even taps into his Broadway-actor parents' heritage to act out a movie scene or two to craft a one-of-a-kind experience that will be remembered for years to come.

Your Extraordinary Why is appropriate for CE, SB, Key, EL & AL Groups. It’s ideally suited for Retreats, with or without spouses. Inviting other company guests to attend is discouraged as their presence can inhibit member openness and sharing.

Value to Member

Participants leave with deeper understanding of their own purpose and their most compelling drivers in life. They also identify relationships that might need attention and learn a powerful strategy for pressing 'reset' to get them back on-track. They are introduced to a powerful methodology called 'conscience-centered goal setting' to ensure they achieve significance in life vs. settling for mere success.

Value to Chairs: From the outset this workshop takes members deep and builds group cohesion through significance-based conversations. The written goals developed by

members set the stage for future accountability conversations in one-to-ones and group meetings.

Course Description:

Frustrated with the attitudes of your team members? Do you see a downward slide in how much people seem to care about their work? Are people complaining about a lack of accountability? Most leaders don’t fully understand the most important factors that drive employee engagement and accountability, and often lack a clear roadmap to powerfully shift the culture on their teams and in their companies to one of joyful engagement and high performance. There’s plenty of ivory-tower research on employee engagement and morale, and then there’s the real world. Meg’s experience working deeply inside dozens of organizations has taught her the most important, practical strategies to actually shift the mindsets of teams from one of compliance to commitment, and common ways companies undermine employee engagement without realizing it.

This talk will provide a research-based framework and powerful understanding in what ACTUALLY drives engagement and the hidden dynamics that erode engagement. And, best of all, participants will leave with a clear vision and practical steps to take to immediately and powerfully shift the attitudes and mindsets of their teams.



Objectives:

Understand new, powerful research on what truly motivates and engages adults in the workforce, and also what disengages them!

Gain stark understanding from real-world examples of hidden dynamics suffocating engagement on your team.

Walk out with a plan of action to immediately address disengagement and dysfunction in your workplace!



Expect to Learn:

Understand new, powerful research on what truly motivates and engages adults in the workforce, and also what disengages them!

Gain stark understanding from real-world examples of hidden dynamics suffocating engagement on your team.

Walk out with a plan of action to immediately address disengagement and dysfunction in your workplace! 

Session Description:

On 3/3/2020 our main office location was destroyed in a devastating tornado. While a tornado may be something that never affects you; fire, flooding and break-ins are fairly common. Dr. Davis will discuss 1. What we were prepared for 2. What we were not prepared for 3. Insurance coverages 4. Common pitfalls

Session Objectives:

Make known what we went through starting @ 1:18 am
Have a Crisis plan in place
Insurance Coverage Considerations
Do’s and Don’ts
Expect to Learn:

What to do when disaster strikes
Critical Insurance Coverage
How to create a Crisis Plan

In this lecture, we will explore our approach to saving compromised teeth through the lens of the endo-restorative relationship. We will highlight ideal techniques, materials, and workflows—many of which are new or differ from what endodontists typically encounter. The lecture will showcase various clinical scenarios, including documentation and long-term follow-up. Emphasis will be placed on managing these cases in a quality-oriented, fee-for-service environment.

Topics covered will include large endodontic infections, traumatized teeth, retreatment, deep margin elevation, anterior esthetics, post and core build-ups, maintaining gingival health, class II restorations, and crown and bridge fabrication. We will also touch on considerations for replacing teeth with dental implants.

Finally, we will discuss key elements of a successful endodontist-restorative dentist relationship.

Decades ago, the introduction of the operating microscope revolutionized Endodontics. The pace of technological advancement in the fields of medicine, artificial intelligence and computer vision is increasing rapidly. This has brought sophisticated technological development to the operating microscope. Dynamic Navigation and Augmented Reality have the potential to improve the accuracy, precision and ergonomics of endodontic treatment performed with the operating microscope while allowing the provision of minimally invasive procedures. Keeping the operating microscope as the cornerstone, this presentation will cover the fundamental principles, the sophisticated clinical setup and the different clinical applications of Dynamic Navigation and Augmented Reality in Endodontics using a series of clinical cases completed in the presenter’s private Endodontic practice.