Most dental practices have a vision document nobody reads, core values nobody lives, and a team that doesn't know what winning looks like.

Tyson Lee — former Mississippi State quarterback, Rams organisation alumni, school principal, and now Director of Leadership at Bates Orthodontics — joins Ian McGinnis on Smiles and Cents to share the five questions every dental practice must answer to build a team that performs, a culture that holds, and a leader who is not doing everything alone.

This is not theory. This is a playbook built from the football field, the principal's office, and the orthodontic chair.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Are great leaders born or built?
• Why leadership is only as real as the followers behind it
• The 5 questions: Who are you, where are you, where are you going, how will you get there, and who will help you?
• How to build an input-based scoreboard for your dental team
• The difference between character and competence in team evaluation
• Why most dentists never give their team clarity — and the cost of that
• The 75% rule: how to know when to stop doing everything yourself
• How Bates Orthodontics operationalised core values into daily behaviours

If you are a dental practice owner who feels like the leader but doesn't feel like the team is following — this episode is for you.

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