Matt Doherty is a results-driven Executive Business Coach for dentists. He specializes in teaching dental professionals how to better manage the business side of their practices.
This podcast will deliver proven dental business strategies, insights, and tips about how to scale your dental practice, improve employee retention and morale, maximize your existing resources, and much more. If your objective is to take your dental practice to the next level, this is the podcast you’ve been looking for!
In this podcast, you’ll hear valuable insights from Coach Doherty as he brings over three decades of coaching and leadership experience to the mic to help dental practicioners develop stronger leadership skills and thrive in their business initiatives. You’ll also hear from other dental professionals who’ve implemented systems and frameworks to boost their results.
Dental Business Made Simple will provide answers to many of your burning questions, including:
*How do I retain employees and keep them engaged?
*How do I hire key employees for my dental practice?
*How do I scale my dental practice?
*What have other professionals in the dental industry done to grow?
*How do I elevate my business management skill set as a dentist?
*What can I do to make my dental practice stand out?
*How do I become a better leader for my dental staff?
Why Am I Putting My Focus On the Dental Industry? (#9)
Throughout my coaching career, I've had the opportunity to work with leaders across many industries, but I've chosen to focus my attention on the dental industry because I believe it's one of the most underserved when it comes to business leadership and practice management. Dentists and dental practitioners receive exceptional clinical training, yet many are left to figure out hiring, leadership, culture, systems, and financial performance on their own once they own or lead a dental practice....
16 Jun 2026
The Best Tips For Standing Out In a Crowded Dentistry Market w/ Sean Hamel
In this episode of Dental Business Made Simple, I sit down with Sean Hamel, founder of The Art of Dental Marketing (ADM), to discuss why many dental practices struggle to stand out in today's competitive marketplace. Sean shared his perspective on why traditional dental marketing often falls short and how practices can shift their focus from simply being visible to becoming the practice patients actively choose. Throughout our conversation, we explored how trust, storytelling, and authentic c...
2 Jun 2026
How to Determine If Your Dental Practice is Owner Dependent (#7)
In this episode of Dental Business Made Simple, I take a deep dive into owner dependence in dental practices and explain why so many dentists struggle to step away from their businesses without stress or disruption. I break down how practices become overly reliant on the owner’s production, decision-making, and leadership presence while exploring the long-term impact this has on growth, scalability, valuation, and personal freedom. Throughout this informative episode, I walk through the opera...
19 May 2026
How Staffing Shortages Impact the Growth of Your Dental Practice (#6)
Dental staffing shortages continue to challenge dental practices across the country, especially when it comes to hiring and retaining hygienists. In this episode of Dental Business Made Simple, I’ll explain why this problem extends beyond labor shortages and often points directly to leadership, communication, and practice culture. Throughout this episode, I’ll break down the financial and operational impact of turnover in a dental office, including lost production, scheduling disruption, incr...
5 May 2026
What You Need to Grow & Scale Your Dental Practice w/ Dr. Chris Phelps (#5)
In this episode of Dental Business Made Simple, I sit down with Dr. Chris Phelps to explore what it takes to scale a dental practice while managing increasing complexity. This conversation takes a walk through Dr. Phelps’ journey from operating multiple practices to building systems that support growth, with a focus on leadership, self-awareness, and making strategic decisions that create long-term capacity. Together, we dig into how coaching, mentorship, and behavioral science helped reshape...
5 May 2026
Talent: The Key Component In the Growth of Your Dental Practice (#3)
In this episode of Dental Business Made Simple, I take a deep dive into the talent pillar of The Organizational Triangle and explain why getting talent right drives everything else in your practice. I walk you through how the wrong people in the wrong seats create operational drag that shows up in production swings, case acceptance issues, turnover, and daily stress. In this episode, I challenge the common approach of hiring for skill and shift your focus toward hiring for alignment, role cla...
5 May 2026
An Introduction to The Organizational Triangle: The Facts You Need to Know (#1)
In the world premeire episode of Dental Business Made Simple, I’m introducing The Organizational Triangle, a framework that defines how talent, systems, and culture drive performance in your dental practice. Throughout the episode, I explain how these three pillars work together to create stability, as well as how weaknesses in any of these areas lead to operational stress, inconsistency, and lost revenue. You’re about to learn how talent decisions impact team performance beyond clinical skil...
5 May 2026
How Important is Culture to Your Dental Practice? (#2)
In this episode of Dental Business Made Simple, I take a focused look at culture as the foundation of The Organizational Triangle and explain why it drives the long-term success of your dental practice. I define culture through observable behaviors and standards, showing how what you tolerate, reward, and correct directly shapes your team’s performance and your patient experience. I’m about to walk you through how unclear or inconsistently enforced standards weaken your practice, especially w...
5 May 2026
How to Implement Effective Systems Into Your Dental Practice Initiatives (#4)
In this episode of Dental Business Made Simple, I focus on systems as the foundation for scaling your dental practice and explain why knowing your numbers determines whether you are running a business…or operating a job. I also introduce the monthly scorecard as a simple, one-page system that gives you clarity on performance without overwhelming you with excessive reporting. As you dig into this episode, you’ll find my breakdown of EBITDA as the key financial metric that reflects the health o...
28 Apr 2026
Introducing Dental Business Made Simple
Building a successful dental practice isn't easy. But there are steps you can take to simplify your efforts and achieve the goals you've put in place! Welcome to Dental Business Made Simple, a podcast dedicated to helping dentists and dental practitioners like you build a thriving, successful practice through talent, systems, and culture. I'm your host Matt Doherty, an Executive Coach who has helped multiple dentists build internal systems to strengthen the business side of their practi...
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