I am a dentist. I felt strongly that half my staff was against me (4 of 7 employees). So I fired them. I inherited them when I bought my business a few years ago. I am very ethical but I do care about gross revenue (as any owner should). They never fully embraced caring about revenue production or understanding that bonus pay is tied to profitability. Nonetheless, I feel it is a failing on my part as a leader that they as a group were not on my team. What can I do as a small business owner to display better leadership and engender better office morale. I should mention that I pay above market wages, have better benefits than market competitors, work with my employees to satisfy the number of hours they need and I run a schedule that is very predictable 8-5 with a lunch and we do not deviate. Further, we take great care of our patients and the staff never has to worry about patient satisfaction or quality of care. Thank you for your input.

  • knomaddesign@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Hard to say but maybe you and your manager come off as cold and not friendly. Your post seems very to the point that with no emotion. I think your industry has a lot of female employees that need a little more than just good pay and benefits.

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      1 year ago

      People don’t necessarily write in the same style as they speak conversationally, especially if they’re just posting a question on reddit.