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Better HR. Stronger Teams. Smarter Practices.

The people side of your practice is too important to figure out as you go.

The labor market is incredibly tight, with no end in sight. And yet practices need to grow, achieve their goals, and enjoy the workday.

This means building and keeping an amazing team has never been more important.

At the same time, HR compliance has exploded in the past 5 years. State and federal labor changes have increased 3-fold. Mental health, paid sick leave, paid family leave, pregnancy disability accommodations, and many other complicated areas continue to confound leaders.

As one of the leading HR companies serving healthcare across the United States, Bent Ericksen & Associates brings over 45 years of healthcare HR and employment compliance expertise to live events, webinars, study clubs, and keynote presentations designed specifically for practice leaders.

Join us at one of our events, or bring one of our speakers to you.

At Bent Ericksen & Associates, we deliver a better way to HR.

See Us in Action

Real HR. Real Challenges. Practical Solutions.

HR doesn’t have to be dry, and neither should HR education.

See why healthcare professionals, practice leaders, and industry organizations turn to Bent Ericksen & Associates for engaging, practical conversations about leadership, people management, and employment compliance.

Learn With Us

Upcoming Live Events

Go beyond the webinar and spend time learning directly from the HR experts who work with healthcare practices every day.

People Power

More Effective & Successful HR Management

An immersive two-day training designed to help doctors, practice owners and managers become stronger, more confident leaders. Our approach is clearly different and, we believe to be, A Better Way!

Build practical skills in HR compliance, recruiting, hiring, onboarding, employee management, leadership, and retention, with a small-group format that gives you the opportunity to ask questions about the situations you are actually facing.

Me and my staff took your class last week and it was excellent.

This is the best course I've seen all year.

I'm going to use these skills for the rest of my career!

Best course of the entire conference.

Upcoming Webinars

Practical HR Expertise, Wherever You Are

Stay current on the employment issues affecting healthcare practices today. It’s a Better Way to HR.

Our live webinars break complex HR topics into clear, actionable guidance you can use to lead your team, reduce risk, and make better employment decisions.

HR Foundations: People Leadership, Culture, Compliance Basics

September 30, 2026
4:06 pm

Dental practices continue to face unprecedented labor challenges with no end in sight. In addition, state & federal regulatory requirements are expanding faster than before the pandemic.

More Webinars Are Coming

We regularly host educational webinars covering the HR, compliance, and people-management challenges facing healthcare practices.

Meet Our Speakers

Expertise From People Who Know Practice HR

Our speakers don’t just talk about HR in theory. They advise healthcare employers through real employee challenges every day, helping them save time and money while helping their businesses soar.

Alan Twigg

President, Bent Ericksen & Associates

Trisha Lincoln

SHRM-SCP - HR Consultant & Speaker

Rebecca Boartfield

SHRM-SCP - HR & Employment Compliance Consultant

I feel like our jobs as office managers place us on an island, forcing us to figure out systems to protect the office. Bent Ericksen has been a great resource in helping at least me not feel like I’m on my own. I can contact you guys about an employee and get guidance I can then share with my doctor. We can then approach the employee with the gained knowledge.

Mandy A.

Business Manager

Bring Bent Ericksen & Associates to Your Next Event

Great Practices Start With Great People.

Our presentations combine timely HR expertise with real-world examples and practical tools attendees can take back to their practices. Programs can be tailored to your audience, event format and educational goals.

Available for:

Study Clubs
Dental & Healthcare Associations
Conferences
Leadership Meetings
Practice Owner Groups
Private Events
Keynote Presentations
Virtual Programs

Featured Presentation Topics

Compliance Is the Floor. Readiness Is the Goal.

Protecting Your Practice When the Rules Keep Changing

Hiring is still the hardest part of running a dental practice. But the HR problem that costs you the most usually isn’t the one you’re hiring for. It’s the one you didn’t see coming.

The overtime calculation done the old way. The policy manual last updated in 2019. The termination that turns into a claim. Employment laws are changing faster than most practices can track, state by state, and “we’ve always done it this way” is no longer a defense.

This course covers the HR fundamentals every dental practice needs, the most common (and most expensive) mistakes we see across thousands of practices, and what it takes to move from “probably fine” to truly HR ready. Because the best employees want to work for a practice that has its act together.

When Life Happens

Pregnancy, Attendance, and the Conversations You’ve Been Avoiding

Your best assistant just told you she’s pregnant. Your front desk lead has called out four Mondays in a row. Someone on your team needs to hear something they won’t want to hear.

None of this was covered in dental school. All of it will happen in your practice.

These moments shape your culture more than any team meeting ever will. Handled well, they build trust and keep good people. Handled poorly, they create resentment, turnover, and legal exposure. In a market where every good employee is hard to replace, winging it is no longer an option.

This session gives owners and managers a clear playbook for the most common life circumstances and performance issues, plus a practical framework for having hard conversations with clarity, consistency, and compassion.

Hire Right. Onboard Right.

The HR Side of Building a Great Dental Team

You finally found a great candidate. Now what?

In today’s dental job market, finding people is only half the battle. The other half is everything after:

the interview questions you can (and can’t) ask, the offer letter that sets expectations, and the first 180 days that decide whether they stay. The practices winning the talent war aren’t just better at recruiting. They’re ready for the people they recruit.

This course follows the employee journey from job posting to fully onboarded team member, showing how the right HR systems make every hire faster, safer, and more likely to stick.

Need Something More Specific?

Let’s Build the Right Program for Your Audience.

Tell us about your audience, event, and goals, and we’ll help identify the right speaker and program.

Better HR Starts With Better Information. Simply, A Better Way.

Join us live, learn with us online, or bring Bent Ericksen & Associates to your next event.

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