08 July 2026

Your Associate Isn’t Ready to Become a Partner - and You May Not Be Either

Next Level Executive

About

I get more questions about Associate Dentists wanting to become Partners than any other topic. It doesn’t matter if it’s the structure or a buy-in versus an earn-in or even how to actually bring them into ownership.

These are all mechanical questions that totally fail to address the underlying dilemma: whether or not your Associate is truly prepared to become a good partner. For that matter, you’re probably less prepared for it than you think.

The road to partnership failure is littered with unknown intentions and miscalculated good feelings. Ready to answer 3 critical questions for both your Associate and yourself? Time to push play…

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CHAPTERS:

1:20 Point blank: the reason so many partnerships fail and how I know from personal experience

3:00 Two important points to reframe in the way you look at a potential partner

6:40 Question #1 on Productivity

8:50 Question #2 on Leadership

10:15 Question #3 on Mindset

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