LIVE VIRTUAL MASTERCLASS
FOR DENTAL PRACTICE OWNERS AND THE LEADERS THEY ARE TRYING TO GROW
The Invisible Layer of Leadership
You lie awake thinking about the same three people. Something in the practice still isn't working, and you can't put your finger on exactly why. You've adjusted the systems and had the hard conversations.
And yet . . .
Leadership has a layer most people never get taught. The invisible one. The one that determines whether your team feels safe enough to actually do their jobs or whether they're constantly looking to you to make sure they are on track.
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 · 4:00PM, MT · $149 · 1 Hour CE Credit
Reserve My Spot For The MasterclassYou've hired good people. So why does nothing stick?
If you've ever thought, "Maybe I just need better people" and then hired them, trained them, and found yourself in the exact same situation six months later . . . this is for you.
If You're the Doctor
- You've retrained the same role three times and the problems keeps coming back
- Your desk is full of decisions that can only be made by you and you can't figure out why
- You're afraid taking a week off will cost you more than staying
- Cynicism is creeping in: maybe there's just no one good out there
- The team looks fine on paper. It still somehow isn't right.
If You're the Leader
- The direction changes every week and you're expected to keep the team steady anyway
- You're responsible for where the practice goes but no one gave you the map
- You want to make real decisions but don't feel truly empowered to
- You're working hard, trying to lead, and still don't know if you're on the right path
- You don't know if the work you are doing is right or a waste of time
These problems are completely solvable with the invisible layer of leadership.
Think of it like gravity. When it's working, no one thinks about it. People feel safe to move, to take risks, and venture out because they know something steady is holding. When it's not working, they are “floating around in space” and keep looking back to check if that tether is still there.
This invisible layer is leadership without applause. The kind that holds your team together because you've made the environment safe enough for them to trust themselves and the vision of the practice.
Most dental coaching focuses on the team: scripts, systems, accountability frameworks . . . and those matter! But, they skip a layer: the invisible one. The environment you create just by how you show up. The nervous system of your practice. That's what this masterclass is about.
You can't fix the team without starting with you. That's the thing virtually no one in the dental space is teaching.
What this isn't.
Before you decide, let's be direct about what you're NOT signing up for.
Not This
Servant leadership that turns you into the person who fixes everything for everyone.
Not This
Iron-fist management that makes people compliant but not committed.
Not This
Another accountability script that works for two weeks and then disappears.
Not This
Fluffy motivation coaching that doesn't translate to Monday morning.
There's a third option most people have never been shown.
"Hard on standards, easy on the people."
The kind of leadership that holds the line without burning the relationship and builds a team that doesn't need you in the room for every decision.
What You'll Walk Away With
Real outcome for both seats at the table.
If You're the Doctor
- Why the hire-retrain-repeat pattern keeps happening, and the one thing that breaks it
- The specific mindset that makes you the gravity in any room
- How to stop promoting people into roles they can't succeed in
- What to do with the current chaos in your leadership team, right now
If You're the Leader
- How to get direction from your owner-doc when the direction isn't being given
- The language to ask for what you need without it sounding like a complaint
- How to build calm confidence in a role where the ground keeps shifting
- What it looks like to be the steady presence for your team, even when you're not at the top
- How to lead up as well as lead down
What's Inside
Everything you get when you register.
1Live Masterclass with Dr. Summer Kassmel Tuesday, June 23 · 4:00 PM MST · Bring your questions for the Q&A |
2
Downloadable Workbook
Includes the invisible layer framework, guided reflections, and practical tools you can use the day after the masterclass.
31 Hour CE Credit PACE-recognized continuing education credit included with your registration. |
4
Replay Access
Can't watch live? Replay access included for life.
From the Practices
The work in their words.
"No BS approach. Directly actionable. I left knowing exactly what to do differently on Monday."
Dr. Mila Cohen
"I grew production by $100k a month over the course of the year. What changed wasn't my systems, it was how I led the people inside them."
Dr. Dennison
"I used to react to everything. Now I think strategically first. That shift alone changed how my entire team operates."
Dr. As-Sanie
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
I was you. Then I found another way.
Dr. Summer Kassmel
Founder, Ladder5 · Practice Owner · Coach
I built two large multi-provider dental practices in the Vail Valley, and burned myself out doing it. I was the doctor who couldn't leave for a weekend and everything ran through me. I kept hiring good people and getting the same result.
I gave myself one year to find a better way. I stopped clinical dentistry at 39, after building practices that ran without me in them. I spent years figuring out exactly what created that and systematizing it so other women dentists didn't have to learn it the hard way.
That's what I teach! The things that actually worked, in the specific pressure cooker of a dental practice, with real people and real stakes.
The Details
Everything you need to say yes.
Date
Tuesday, June 23, 2025
Time
4:00 PM MST · 5:30 PM MST
Investment
$149
CE Credit
1 Hour Included
Format
Live via Zoom
Replay
Replay included for life.
Workbook
Included · Downloadable
Who It's For
Practice owners + dental team leaders
Frequently Asked Questions
"I'm the office manager / director of operations. Is this actually for me?"
"I missed the first masterclass. Does that matter?"
"What if I can't attend live?"
"How is this different from other leadership training I've done?"
What happens after the masterclass?
Is there a refund policy?
Your team is waiting for you to become the gravity.
The steadiness your practice needs doesn't come from better systems. It comes from you. This is where that starts.
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