Your Smile Team

Welcome to our Team!

Now we begin our journey together.

Royal York Dental is a thriving, challenging
hub of organized activity. Congratulations on making the grade! Be proud – not everyone has the “right stuff” to qualify here. Now the work really begins!

At RYD, fostering teamwork and individual excellence are our top priorities. We have a large group of strong, diverse individuals who contribute in a cooperative fashion. We get lots done, and tend to have plenty of fun together along the way.

As a complimentary team, our combined strengths can offset our individual weaknesses. That happens only when we can truly work together as a team of humane professionals.

We're highly organized comapred to most offices. Each RYD team member has a clear understanding of what is expected, and can routinely deliver excellence. Each individual carries their own weight, yet is readily willing to help others. At times we may disagree with one another, yet we also appreciate different viewpoints and encourage contribution from everyone. We always show great respect and concern for our teammates.

1. Secrets of Our Success:

It's using a systemized approach to create our unique version of Dental Magic – a combination of high trust, technical excellence, terrific service, and positive, transformational outcomes – emotional in particular – that define the RYD Experience for our guests... It's having our, vision, purpose, and values “known, owned and energized by all.” Read on...

Read article - Sailing the C's to Success...

2. Dream Team Expectations
We're an exceptional dental office. We're vision-focused, values-based, and purpose-driven. That creates a very distinctive team culture that may be quite different from anything you've ever experienced before. See article....

3. Vivid, Vibrant Vision
“A magnificent vision articulates peoples' hopes and dreams, touches their hearts and spirits, and helps them see how they can contribute. It starts everything in the right direction.” See core article ... (save this file to your desktop first) Read advanced article - The Vision Thing... Read advanced article - Create Your Dental Success Vision...

4. Vision 2004 - Year of the Team
It's December 2004 and we're joining together our glasses of freshly squeezed orange juice mixed with a splash of champagne, while basking in the sunshine at the place where dreams come alive... Read on ...

5. Vision 2005 - Year of Change
There's so much more for us to grow – as individuals, as a team, and as an organization. This New Year holds great promise for us, and I'm excited about the opportunities and challenges on the horizon. Read on ...

6. Purpose
A purpose can connect us with the best within ourselves and allow us to become fully engaged with our hearts, minds, and hands employed in a worthwhile game. See core article... Read advanced article - Conceptualize Your Purpose... Read advanced article - The Journey to Authenticity...

7. Dental Magic
Every day we create Dental Magic for our guests. This isn't just illusion and showmanship. We offer the real deal. We can actually transform people's lives. We transform people both physically and emotionally… Read on ... Read advanced article - Win Their Hearts (new for 2006) Read advanced article - Branding Your Dental Practice ... Read advanced article - Brand Strategies ...

8. Black Belt
After years of relentless training, the student has finally reached a pinnacle of achievement in the discipline. "Before granting the belt, you must pass one more test," the sensei solemnly tells the young man. Read on ...

9. Core Values

What will we do when faced with pressure, with temptation, with success? What will we do when our values are challenged? Many of us, not being clear on our values, remain vulnerable to every breeze that blows – to every heat merchant's song. We're adrift in a chaotic sea of illusions and predators.
See core article...

Read advanced article - Make Your Values Mean Something...
Read advanced article - Values Drive Performance ...

10. Team Values
Choosing appropriate team values is not about marketing strategy or political correctness . It's about digging down deep to discover and define who we already are, and who we aspire to be. Read on ...

11. RYD's Values
Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values . Read on ...

12. The Table
Important parts of our lives, along with our families, revolve around our kitchen tables – both as a favorite workspace and a center of family gatherings. The following model can help us visualize concepts such as vaues and purpose... Read on ...

13. Why Not You?
Today, many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. Why not you? Today, many will open their eyes to the beauty that surrounds them. Why not you? Read on ...