This year’s Leadership Symposium will take place March 19 – 20, 2025, before Spear Summit 2025, at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate in Orlando, Florida.
Qualified attendees wishing to attend Leadership Symposium must register for Summit first here. VIP members include dental professionals who are currently Spear Navigator, Practice Solutions, or Faculty Club Elite members, Spear Resident Faculty, Spear Visiting Faculty, Spear Study Club Leaders, and CDOCS Mentors and Mentors+.
Presenters: Echelon Front - Jamie Cochran, Chief Operating Officer, and Sean Glass, Instructor
Everyone is a leader, and leadership is a skill. This is what we know to be true at Echelon Front, and teaching everyone the skill of leadership is our mission. The leadership principles that we teach have been put to the test in the harshest of environments – combat. Jocko Willink and Leif Babin wrote the book Extreme Ownership to share those lessons learned in combat with the world, and at Echelon Front, it’s our mission to continue that legacy. This workshop is designed to teach you how to take Extreme Ownership over everything in your world – at work, in your community, and with your family. This instinct we will help you develop is easy to understand, but hard to execute because it goes against your natural human tendency. Effective leadership is counterintuitive, and that’s what makes it so difficult but yet, so rewarding. The leadership skills you will learn about in this workshop are likely not new to you – teamwork, effective communication, prioritizing, empowerment – but our goal is to have you walk away with practical tools you can utilize to start doing those things effectively. However, the foundation that makes all of this work is Extreme Ownership. Leaders who fail to take ownership of problems allow those problems to go unsolved.
But, if you can learn to take Extreme Ownership of everything that impacts your mission, you can Lead and Win.
Jamie Cochran
Chief Operating Officer
Sean Glass
Instructor
Learning Objectives: Participants will learn...
Jamie Cochran joined Leif Babin and Jocko Willink as the first employee at Echelon Front in 2014. She quickly expanded her initial role as Director of Operations and was named Chief Operating Officer in early 2021.
After earning her degree in Business Marketing and Communications, Jamie served in leadership positions in several organizations to include Glacier Bay, a boutique hedge fund as the Client Relations Director; San Diego State University as a Programs Director; and Tiffany & Company as a Visual Creative Director.
At Echelon Front, she leads a diverse team that oversees all business operations and events. Her team also coordinates Echelon Front engagements across the globe, ensuring a world-class client experience. Jamie embraces the mindset of Extreme Ownership and implements it across all aspects of her business and life.
As a speaker and Leadership Instructor, she makes the connection between the combat leadership principles of Extreme Ownership and how she implements them in her life as a business leader, woman, mother of three, and wife of a former Navy SEAL.
Sean Glass is a former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, combat leader, and now a leadership instructor with Echelon Front. Sean spent 13 years in the SEAL Teams with three combat deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Eastern Africa. He led five SEAL platoons in Iraq against Islamic State forces during some of the most dynamic and demanding environments where he saw first-hand the power of leadership on the battlefield. Sean returned from Iraq to serve as Officer-in-Charge of training for all West Coast SEAL Teams where he spearheaded the development of leadership training and personally instructed and mentored the next generation of SEAL leaders.
Amy Morgan was a consultant, trainer, and CEO of Pride Institute – a nationally acclaimed practice management consulting company – for more than 25 years. She and her teams have revitalized thousands of dental practices using management systems proven to help dentists become more secure, efficient, and profitable.
A prolific speaker and writer, Amy has presented throughout North America and Europe. Additionally, she has been featured at numerous regional organizations. She has published a wide variety of columns and whitepapers in major dental publications, in addition to self-guided training manuals. Her books, like, Leadership Lessons From the Road: Why Bother, We’re All Nuckin’ Futz!, which is among the best-selling books on dental assisting and practice management – provides real solutions to help doctors and their teams address the daily issues that arise in the evolution of their practices.
As a valued Spear Faculty member and Vice President of Practice Growth Strategies, Amy also contributes regular practice management articles to Spear Digest.
Presentation Topic:
The Leadership Advantage: Harnessing the Power of Strategic Questions to Transform Your Dental Practice
In an era of constant change, the ability to ask the right questions is critical for driving influence, innovation, and sustainable growth in the dental marketplace. This lecture centers on the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a powerful tool designed to help leaders and teams develop strategic thinking, foster innovation, and navigate challenges with confidence. Participants will explore how the QFT can enhance patient experiences, empower team collaboration, and facilitate adaptive leadership. Attendees will leave equipped to create resilient, future-ready practices by leveraging the art of strategic inquiry to unlock new opportunities and lead with purpose and clarity.
Learning Objectives:Presentation Topic:
The Connection Challenge: Leading Across Generations in the Modern Workplace
With over 30 years of experience co-managing a successful high-touch relationship-based practice alongside his wife, Victoria Farr, Dr. Moezi focuses on minimally invasive dentistry and rehabilitating the severely worn and compromised dentition.
A former faculty speaker at the Pride Institute for over a decade, he shared his expertise in practice management, imparting invaluable insights to dental professionals.
A devoted student of modern leadership, Dr. Moezi finds fulfillment in aiding dentists in creating and optimizing highly functional teams. His passion lies in empowering dental practices to thrive through cohesive teamwork and contemporary management strategies.
Prior to becoming a dentist, Dr. Moezi graduated with an international baccalaureate degree from Geneva, Switzerland, and completed his bachelor's degree at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. He then attained his Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree from the University of Minnesota.
Presentation Topic:
What the Heck is M&A and Why Should I Care About it as a Dentist?
Dr. Meena Barsoum was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He completed his undergraduate degree at Kent State University, then continued to earn his Masters of Science Degree in Anatomy from Case Western Reserve University, also in Cleveland. Dr. Barsoum remained at Case to earn his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree 4 years later.
Dr. Barsoum was a very active member of his dental school, holding multiple leadership positions and earning numerous accolades. He also believes in the importance of continuing education. He and his team complete numerous hours each year so they can always be knowledgeable of the newest and best techniques and technologies. Dr. Barsoum and his wife Monica live in the Chicago area. They are active members of his church community. In his free time, Dr. Barsoum also enjoys cycling and playing golf.
Presentation Topic:
Lessons From The Lectern: A Dentist's Primer to Reducing Legal Risk
Over David’s two-decade career, he has tried cases to jury verdicts across Colorado in County, State and Federal Courts as lead trial counsel. His practice emphasizes health care professional liability defense, particularly representing physicians, dentists, oral surgeons, and assisted living/long-term care professionals in lawsuits and before their respective licensing boards and credentialing entities. He is panel counsel for local and national professional liability insurers, provider entities and individuals.
Whenever he can, David accepts invitations to volunteer to teach trial advocacy techniques to practicing lawyers through the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association and National Institutes of Trial Advocacy, to law students at the University of Denver and the University of Colorado, and by presenting seminars, continuing education and panel discussions to various audiences.
David is a Colorado native. He earned his undergraduate degree from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and his law degree from the University of Denver College of Law.
