Is your practice running you, or are you running your practice?
We help single location private practice dentists take control and build the practice of their dreams.
We saw that a lot of private practice dentists were struggling with the same things Melanie did early in her career. So we built Pugh Leadership Academy to teach the tools and principles we used to build her dream practice, so other dentists can do the same.
What We Do
When we say we help, we mean it. So let us be specific.
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We run live in-person seminars that go deep on all three sides of your practice. The people side. The operations side. The business side. The stuff nobody taught you in dental school.
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We built the Practice Transformation Mastermind for the owners who want to go deeper, work on their actual business alongside other doctors, and walk out with a real plan.
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We built Private Practice Dental Jobs because finding the right people for a private practice is a different problem than finding just any employee. This connects you with candidates who actually want to be in private practice.
Find Your Next Hire
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We built a free Facebook community exclusively for single location private practice dentists. No trolls. No know-it-alls. No corporate cheerleaders. Just honest people fighting for the same thing you are fighting for.
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We show up at conferences, associations, and events and teach our principles to rooms full of private practice owners in keynote trainings that are practical, honest, and built from inside an actual practice. Not theory. Stuff you can use Monday morning.
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Does any of this sound familiar?
Insurance is not the partner they promised to be, and the patients who come with it can make your day harder, not easier.
You have a team, but getting everyone on the same page feels like a full time job on top of your actual job.
Corporate dental is everywhere now, and it is making it harder to compete for both patients and good employees.
Your practice runs on you. When you are not there holding it together, things fall apart.
As a single location private practice dentist, you are starting to feel like the industry is moving in a direction that leaves you behind.
You did not build your own practice to feel like this.
The People Behind the Practice
Jody Pugh
Founder, Pugh Leadership Academy | Culture Architect
In my corporate days I built high performing sales teams. When Melanie and I decided to go all in on the practice, I brought everything I knew about culture and team performance with me. Building world class teams is what I do. And I have watched what this industry puts dentists through up close, right alongside Melanie, and I don't want to see any dentist go through what she did in her first several years.
Dr. Melanie Pugh
Private Practice Owner | Leadership Advisor
For years I was great with patients and great at dentistry. But I was trying to run a business from inside my operatory, and that doesn't work. The day I stopped thinking like a clinician and started thinking like an entrepreneur, everything changed. I built the practice I always wanted. And now I want to help other doctors who are stressed and overwhelmed the way I was get there too.
The Dream Practice
You know how to see and treat patients. But running a thriving practice takes more than clinical skill. We break every practice down into three areas, and then chunk each one down further, so you can work on your practice piece by piece instead of feeling overwhelmed by the whole thing. When you excel in all three, that is your Dream Practice.
Processes
People
Protocols
People
Your team, your culture, the way everyone in your practice shows up every single day. This is where most practices are bleeding and don't even know it.
Processes
The systems and rhythms that keep your practice running without you holding everything together by hand. Most practices don't have these. They have chaos.
Protocols
The business foundation underneath all of it. The financial decisions, the strategy, the stuff that determines whether owning this practice is actually worth it.
When all three work together, that is your Dream Practice. That is what we are building toward.
What People Are Saying
Jody has a unique gift for seeing not only what a business can be, but what it should be, built on relationships, trust, and alignment with deeper values.
Terri Chaplin, Former Colleague and Sale Executive
It's tiring to step into an unknown world without the tools we need. Jody's course is a blessing, a detailed guide that finally teaches practice owners how to actually build and manage a business.
Dr. Popescu, Practice Owner
Not sure where to start?
Start here.
Back in the mid 2000s Melanie and I made a decision. We were going fee-for-service. And we were going to build something extraordinary. There were things we already knew and things we had to figure out the hard way. This free masterclass is where I share both. About 40 minutes. On demand. No cost.