Next Level Executive
by Perrin DesPortes
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The Last Thing You Need is a Strategy
Aug 27, 2026
14m 59s
The Most Overlooked, Easiest Tool in Leading for Results
Aug 20, 2026
20m 48s
The 4 Questions that Help Leaders Drive Results
Aug 13, 2026
24m 43s
You’re Ready to be a Leader – Even Though You Don’t Realize It Yet
Aug 6, 2026
17m 45s
How to Build a Performance-Driven, Culture-First Group Practice: Dr. Paul Lund & Misty Wales
Jul 30, 2026
1h 04m 37s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 8/27/26 |  The Last Thing You Need is a Strategy | If you’re going to build a group dental practice that isn’t dependent upon you or your clinical skills, then it had better be one that that executes at a high level. If execution equals performance, then why do so many dentists incorrectly think they need to be great at strategy? It may be time we all had “a reality check” about what drives our business and where our focus needs to truly be. Trust me when I tell you: “push play.” … CHAPTERS: Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance? Is your vision and your strategy getting in the way of your tactics and your execution? The fundamentals of execution Creating your own “SMaC recipe” … Other Episodes You’ll Love: 9 Is Yours an “Execution Business”? 60 Top "10-12" Mistakes People Make Building a Group Practice?! (#1) 62 Top "10-12" Mistakes People Make Building a Group Practice?! (#2) … Got Questions? Send them to me here: [email protected] Book a Call to Discuss the Executive Program Love this show? Leave a review or share it with your friends! Want more advice on running a better business? See what I’m writing and what I’m reading. ... Considering selling your business to a DSO? Download the “Top 10 Questions” Guide HERE. ... Follow me for more insights: LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | TheNextLevelExecutive.com © 2025–2026 by Perrin DesPortes. All Rights Reserved. | 14m 59s | ||||||
| 8/20/26 | The Most Overlooked, Easiest Tool in Leading for Results | Everyone loves to talk about “scaling your group dental practice” and “growth strategy” for your practice. Sometimes the most obvious answer is right in front of your face, but most of us fail to question things that are obvious. I have the same 12 months and 365 days in my year that you do in yours, but from a leadership standpoint, my year looks nothing like yours. I simply chose a different starting date. If you’re looking for a more effective way to drive results through a fresher, more focused team, then “push play!” … CHAPTERS: Cyclicality: Calendar Years versus Performance Years A specific example of a pedo-ortho group Freshness and focus A few key leadership points to shift your mindset The lesson I learned from Patterson’s proof of success … Other Episodes You’ll Love: 10 Mistakes people make immediately on their growth journey 30 The Choice We Make & the Freedom We Have … Got Questions? Send them to me here: [email protected] Book a Call to Discuss the Executive Program Love this show? Leave a review or share it with your friends! Want more advice on running a better business? See what I’m writing and what I’m reading. ... Considering selling your business to a DSO? Download the “Top 10 Questions” Guide HERE. ... Follow me for more insights: LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | TheNextLevelExecutive.com © 2025–2026 by Perrin DesPortes. All Rights Reserved. | 20m 48s | ||||||
| 8/13/26 | The 4 Questions that Help Leaders Drive Results | Why do so many successful dentists struggle to become even marginally effective CEOs? To be effective in a leadership role means you have to be able to create greater results through the work of your team, so is it “the team” that’s limiting your progress? Or are you just not being clear in communicating your expectations? If you’re frustrated by a series of underwhelming results, then “push play.” … CHAPTERS: The Leadership Principle of “Variables and Variance” My personal lesson in learning that principle “What does success look like to you?” “What are the key steps in the process or sequence that are most important?” “What are some of the obstacles you think you’ll encounter along the way?” “What other resources do you need now or think you might need along the way?” … Other Episodes You’ll Love: 13 Leadership - “Why does it feel like I’m doing it wrong?” 31 Leadership during times of uncertainty … Got Questions? Send them to me here: [email protected] Book a Call to Discuss the Executive Program Love this show? Leave a review or share it with your friends! Want more advice on running a better business? See what I’m writing and what I’m reading. ... Considering selling your business to a DSO? Download the “Top 10 Questions” Guide HERE. ... Follow me for more insights: LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | TheNextLevelExecutive.com © 2025–2026 by Perrin DesPortes. All Rights Reserved. | 24m 43s | ||||||
| 8/6/26 | You’re Ready to be a Leader – Even Though You Don’t Realize It Yet | Many early-stage executives wonder whether they’re truly ready to be a leader. We talk about this “transition from Clinician to CEO” as if it were easy. It isn’t. And your mastery of clinical services no longer applies to the other 80% of the business. So how do you actually lead a group practice when you don’t know how to perform the work all of those other roles require? I had to overcome that same mindset and figure out how to create results when I couldn’t perform the craft. I’ll tell you what I did and what you should be focused on. If you’re having your own doubts, then “push play.”…CHAPTERS:Managing versus LeadingWhat I learned in Richmond – the hard wayTwo Truths about LeadershipThe critical mindset shift5 areas to focus on that lead to KPI outcomes…Other Episodes You’ll Love: Predicting Your Outcomes through Lead MeasuresLeading from the Front…Got Questions? Send them to me here: [email protected] this show? Leave a review or share it with your friends!Want more advice on running a better business? See what I’m writing and what I’m reading....Thinking about selling your business to a PE-backed DSO? I have 10 Questions you should ask first. Download the Guide HERE....Follow me for more insights: LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | TheNextLevelExecutive.com© 2025–2026 by Perrin DesPortes. All Rights Reserved. | 17m 45s | ||||||
| 7/30/26 | How to Build a Performance-Driven, Culture-First Group Practice: Dr. Paul Lund & Misty Wales | The late Peter Drucker has a timeless quote that you and I have probably referenced 1,000 times: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” I’ve had enough unique experiences over 25 years to validate the truth in that statement. It does, however, beg the question: “Is it possible to build a business with a strong culture that also produces successful financial results?” You’re about to hear the answer… … CHAPTERS: 5:00 A humble, humorous origin story 14:00 What Orthodontist in their right mind starts a pedo practice – and lives to tell the story?! 24:00 The dynamic around an evolving, homegrown leadership team 30:45 This isn’t for the faint of heart 45:00 Visionary, Integrator...and Entrepreneur 52:00 Fulfillment is the ultimate measure of results … Got Questions? Send them to me here: [email protected] Love this show? Leave a review or share it with your friends! Want more advice on running a better business? See what I’m writing and what I’m reading. ... Thinking about selling your business to a PE-backed DSO? I have 10 Questions you should ask first. Download the Guide HERE. ... Follow me for more insights: LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | TheNextLevelExecutive.com © 2025–2026 by Perrin DesPortes. All Rights Reserved. | 1h 04m 37s | ||||||
| 7/23/26 | My Rescue Plan for Your Mid-Career Crisis | Everyone talks about evolving from a clinician to a CEO. And nobody starts a business expecting to fail. However, every single one of us hits a point when our vision collides with reality then we discover the road to success has no pavement and no directional signs. I’ve suffered the same crisis of confidence that many of you have and all of the rest will at some point. This episode is a soul-searching exploratory talk about what that mid-career crisis really feels like. More importantly, it’s my attempt to give you a lift out of your depths of despair. It’s 100% vulnerable and 1000% authentic. Push play. … CHAPTERS: Some days, you just want to call it quits No one ever told you what isolation really feels like as a leader My depths of despair and a decision to walk away from what wasn’t important Where you should start your recovery right now This isn’t the beginning of the end for you, but rather the end of your new beginning … Other Episodes You’ll Love: S1 E21 Taking stock of where you are and what you want S1 E30 The Choice We Make & the Freedom We Have … Got Questions? Send them to me here: [email protected] Love this show? Leave a review or share it with your friends! Want more advice on running a better business? See what I’m writing and what I’m reading. ... Thinking about selling your business to a PE-backed DSO? I have 10 Questions you should ask first. Download the Guide HERE. ... Follow me for more insights: LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | TheNextLevelExecutive.com © 2025–2026 by Perrin DesPortes. All Rights Reserved. | — | ||||||
| 7/16/26 | recruitingleadership+3 | — | — | — | recruiting mistakesassociate selection+3 | — | 20m 10s | ||
| 7/14/26 | dental supplybusiness advisory+3 | — | Darby Dental | — | dental supplybusiness advisory+3 | — | 18m 40s | ||
| 7/9/26 | dental partnershipsbusiness failure+4 | — | — | — | dental partnershipsbusiness failure+5 | — | 16m 19s | ||
| 7/8/26 | partnershipassociate dentists+3 | — | — | — | partnership failureassociate dentists+3 | — | 14m 58s | ||
| 6/25/26 | partnershipprofessional development+3 | — | — | — | partnershipassociate+3 | — | 17m 58s | ||
| 6/18/26 | market dynamicstiming in business+3 | — | PE-backed DSOs | — | market dynamicstiming+5 | — | 17m 09s | ||
| 6/14/26 | Private EquityDSO+4 | — | Private EquityDSO | — | Zombie DSOPrivate Equity+5 | — | 29m 37s | ||
| 6/4/26 | career transitionCEO leadership+3 | — | — | — | career riskclinician to CEO+3 | — | 21m 11s | ||
| 6/2/26 | leadershipownership+3 | — | — | — | executiveentrepreneurship+4 | — | 2m 36s | ||
| 5/28/26 | entrepreneurial freedombusiness ownership+3 | Dr. Ben TolleyDr. Geoff McIntosh | — | — | entrepreneurshipbusiness+5 | — | 55m 12s | ||
| 5/21/26 | personal journeyself-discovery+3 | — | Next Level Executive | — | personal journeyteaching points+3 | — | 1h 01m 49s | ||
| 5/19/26 | dental industryoffice design+3 | Bob FossTed Wegman | AccessDSO Solutions | — | dental office designAccessDSO Solutions+5 | — | 36m 16s | ||
| 5/14/26 | metricsbenchmarks+3 | — | Next Level Executivegrouppractice.coach+1 | — | metricsbenchmarks+3 | — | 35m 24s | ||
| 5/7/26 | decision makingopportunity costs+3 | — | — | — | quittingdecision making+3 | — | — | ||
| 4/30/26 | leadershipgroup practice+3 | Dr. Nate TilmanDr. Dan Hostrander | Next Level Executivewww.grouppractice.coach+1 | — | leadershipgroup practice+5 | — | 1h 00m 43s | ||
| 4/23/26 | entrepreneurial leadershipchange+4 | — | Next Level Executive | — | entrepreneurshipleadership+4 | — | — | ||
| 4/16/26 | entrepreneurial leadershipgoal setting+3 | — | Next Level Executive | — | entrepreneurshipleadership+3 | — | — | ||
| 4/14/26 | marketingdentistry+3 | Gary Bird | SMC National | — | Gary BirdSMC National+3 | — | 59m 27s | ||
| 4/9/26 | leadershipdelegation+3 | — | Next Level Executive | — | leadershipdelegation+3 | — | — | ||
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