Cheryl Polmatier  “You Should Imagine You Can, and You Will”

Cheryl Polmatier, assistant vice chairman of strategic community options, has greater than 25 years of expertise within the well being care business. Previous to working at DentaQuest, a part of Solar Life U.S., the place she has been for the previous 17 years, she labored in well being care IT and at a authorities well being plan. Cheryl presently oversees DentaQuest’s nationwide dental community recruitment efforts, dental dwelling and value-based care packages, and credentialing operations. She additionally volunteers at TeamSmile and Missions of Mercy occasions with different DentaQuest workers.

Cheryl is passionate about mentoring and supporting girls within the business. When requested in regards to the profession recommendation she most frequently shares, she mentions the worth of constructing relationships. “Schedule time with executives to supply them with perception into the worth you convey to the desk. Put your self on the market and market your self.” She emphasizes that the dialog shouldn’t be only a speak, however girls should enter these discussions ready and assured. “It’s a must to have an elevator speech to have the ability to market your self. It’s a must to imagine you possibly can and you’ll.”

One other helpful piece of recommendation facilities round making errors within the office. “Don’t apologize if you make a mistake, however personal it,” she says. She goes on so as to add that the hot button is to confess when one thing didn’t work, determine why and study from it. “It is possession. It is accountability. And if you change that dialogue, it may possibly make an enormous distinction.”

By way of the perfect recommendation she has ever acquired, she admits that it’s centered across the all-too-common theme of work-life steadiness. “You actually should have work-life steadiness. It’s an indication of fine management.” She believes that that is very true for ladies seeking to develop as government, and that scheduling time to be strategic throughout enterprise hours and sticking to them are essential to having a private life. She explains, “In case you are a spouse, mom or have household or private commitments, you wish to have time for that. It’s a must to have that steadiness, and all people can obtain it.”

Cheryl lately joined the Women in DSO® advisory board. The appointment is yet one more instance of her private {and professional} dedication to advancing feminine management within the dental business. Women in DSO is dedicated to growing and selling girls throughout the dental service group (DSO) house – girls who’re presently main, managing, directing, supporting, and growing the business’s most progressive and high-performing dental apply teams. Rooted in outcomes-based options designed to extend entry to take care of a wide range of populations, DentaQuest is a supporting sponsor of Ladies in DSO.

Cheryl will be part of different business specialists to debate compliance and high quality this month on the Women in DSO Empower and Grow 2023 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.