{"podcast":{"title":"Dental A Team Podcast","slug":"dental-a-team-podcast-899344","podcast_index_feed_id":899344,"rss_url":"https://dentalateam.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://dentalateam.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/9/c/f/d9cf480e746e3fa616c3140a3186d450/dental-a-team-podcast-logo.png","author":"Kiera Dent","episode_count":1167,"summary":"This podcast is here to give dentists and all dental office team members, in EVERY position, TACTICAL and PRACTICAL TIPS to: - Be more efficient - Have more fun - Improve doctor and team communications - Eliminate frustration - And make your life easier! Jump in! We are thrilled you have decided to LEVEL UP and be part of the DENTAL A TEAM! New episodes every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T20:21:21.646608+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-a-team-podcast-899344"},"episode":{"title":"#1,156: Stop Managing People, Start Managing Leaders","slug":"1-156-stop-managing-people-start-managing-leaders","published_at":"2026-05-28T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-a-team-podcast-899344/1-156-stop-managing-people-start-managing-leaders","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-a-team-podcast-899344","url":"https://dentalateam.libsyn.com/1156-stop-managing-people-start-managing-leaders","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/dentalateam/Eps_1156_Start_managing_leader_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1103258","summary":"Do you find yourself with a to-do list rather than a fully functioning leadership team? This episode is all about the Dental A-Team's bread and butter: scaling leaders. Kiera shares how to transition out of micromanaging in a way that you and your team can get behind, whether you're working with people who've worked in your practice for years, or starting fresh. Episode resources: Subscribe to The Dental A-Team podcast Schedule a Practice Assessment L eave us a review Transcript: Kiera Dent- Dental A Team (00:00) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. This is Kiera and I hope you're having a great day today. I hope that you just love what you get to do. I hope that you realize, gosh, you're so lucky to be working in a day and age like today. I know we can sit here and we can talk about all the problems. We can talk about how this patient did this and this team member did this and my gosh, this happened and Kiera, the cashflow this and you wouldn't even understand. I haven't taken a vacation for four years. I hear you. And I just want to remind you that good and bad coexist. We can see the good just as much as we can see the bad. And the greatest way to combat anger and fear is to look at gratitude. We can also talk about what were all the great things that happened. You have all these amazing patients today. You had a team who freaking loves you and fills your schedule for you. You showed up today and patients were just magically there. You were able to walk in and you're cash flowing positive. I hope that that's your day. And if it's not, let's talk because cash flow. ⁓ it's my biggest pet peeve and I Dennis to always be freaking wealthy because when you are successful financially, your team is happier, your patients are happier because we're not stressed out all the time. S…","meta_description":"Do you find yourself with a to-do list rather than a fully functioning leadership team? This episode is all about the Dental A-Team's bread and butter: sc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1144,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dental-a-team-podcast-899344/episodes/1-156-stop-managing-people-start-managing-leaders/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-a-team-podcast-899344/1-156-stop-managing-people-start-managing-leaders.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}