About

Meet Stephanie

With over 20 years dedicated to the healthcare and dentistry fields, I’ve had the chance to work alongside countless doctors and dental teams. In all that time, I’ve never met a healthcare employee, not an owner, an employee, who described working with a consultant as a great experience. Often it wasn’t even a mediocre one. I include myself in that group. I spent years watching consultants push the same recycled agenda without ever asking what the people actually doing the work, the ones who truly keep an office running, thought, wanted, or needed. So when I started my own company, I made a decision: I would not call myself a consultant.

Instead, when I walk into a new practice, I don’t come in with an agenda to push. I focus on building trust first. I ask questions. I want to understand what each person genuinely enjoys about their work, what drives them nuts, and what motivates them, both professionally and personally. Because when we get curious about the people next to us, we stop blaming, we stop assuming, and we start building.

That approach is what shapes my data-driven strategies today. I create and implement custom solutions built around each team’s unique goals, care philosophies, and strengths, because no two practices run the same way, and no two people are motivated by the same things.

Beyond my work with private practices, I’m the founder of The Great Lakes Smile Project Inc., a non-profit that provides financial assistance to dental assistants and hygienists after they complete 40 hours of local dental or medical non-profit work, allowing them to travel to the clinic The Great Lakes Smile Project supports in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. It’s my way of extending my passion for dental care and community service on a global scale.

My commitment to continuous improvement, individualized guidance, and creating positive change is what drives me as a coach and leader in the dental community.

~Stephanie

Business Professionals Discussing Dental Practice Management

Stephanie’s Approach

Clear decision-making starts with clear insights into your business. With her no-nonsense approach to root cause analysis, Stephanie takes time to understand your practice to provide you with the right insights for your unique challenges.

Driven to empower every member of your team, Stephanie designs custom solutions that enhance the strengths of each professional in their role. Dental practices trust Stephanie to provide the proper information and processes to overcome previously unassailable management challenges as a strong, unified team.

Stephanie’s Insights

What people are saying about Stephanie

Stephanie is more than capable of solving complex issues in mere minutes. Her knowledge of business operations and insurance runs deep. Since implementing said changes, the quality of my life has drastically improved and my office runs smoother. I know that as my business grows and improves, her team will be a very valuable resource to lean on.

James Shaheen DDS
Smiles of Grand River

Stephanie is wonderful to work with and utilizes ALL of her skills to make a unique and individualized plan for your office and you as the doc based on your goals and desires. She is a coach for your entire team, helping each person find a fit that is purposeful and brings out their personal best. She has a way of truly seeing and hearing what your needs are.

Meggan McCone, DDS
Growing Smiles Pediatric Dentistry

In my 12 years of practice management, we’ve achieved our most tangible results through the in-house service that Stephanie Smith has provided for us. Drawing from her years of experience in the dental field, Stephanie has provided us with very insightful advice and practical suggestions. She has come to be viewed as a reliable advisor by our entire staff.

Dee Carlisle
Midwest Dental Care, Director of Operations

I hired Stephanie as my business coach. Stephanie took the time to listen to the goals I want to achieve and began the process of taking me there.
She is an experienced individual offering expertise and more importantly offering unwavering support. The business of dentistry can be treacherous terrain. She understands the idiosyncrasies of dentistry and the challenges I face. Her knowledge then allows me to make informed decisions and avoid common pitfalls.
Stephanie steps in with perspective, challenges my assumptions, and offers constructive feedback. This is how one moves dreams forward to being an architect of your vision and then building.

Piiamari Bowers DDS

Dexter Dental Studio & Foundational Roots

Our office recently had the opportunity to work with Stephanie this year in cleaning house with some insurance plans. Her playbook and workflow guarantee success. She is very thorough and will not sugar coat your reediness for change or individual office pitfalls and needs. She is very different from other consultants in that she tailors your individual roadmap instead of having a cookie cutter approach. She also respects your timeline and doesn't force your hand to changes or use pushy tactics. I would definitely recommend her services!

Chas Jensen DDS

Rogue River Family Dental

Stephanie has been a pleasure to talk and work with. She has helped me in so many ways just within the first few months starting at my new office.
She means business, and I love it!!!
She gets things done and she really does want the best for the practice!

Haley Lawrence DDS

Stephanie has helped me grow as an employee and a person who helps me do the hard things, and show how strong and confident women can be. She has helped me understand my role and helped me grow in that role as well in the last year. I highly recommend taking any guidance she has to offer. 

Shelby Scott

Treatment Coordinator

Stephanie's proactive and results-driven approach to implementing effective policies has been a game changer for our office. She came in and our office and we started seeing positive results immediately. We has been working with Stephanie for 9 months now and her dedication has led to a record-breaking revenue with a 20% increase in just 6 months after years of being stagnant!  We highly recommend Innovative Advisory Solutions LLC to any dental office looking to be more profitable or looking to get policies in place to make the work flow easy and seamless.

Katie Piatt

Office Manager

Stephanie brings a tremendous amount of value to my practice. She helped facilitate a transition to paperless charting and has become an integral coach in the interpersonal relationships within the office as well as a business advisor. She is a wealth of knowledge and incredibly responsive. We have now been working together for over two years and continue to refine systems to improve our overall patient experience.

Chris Nelis DDS

Stephanie was absolutely instrumental in helping us navigate going fee for service. She is thorough in determining if this is a smart move for your practice and establishing a realistic timeline for implementation. She coordinated efforts with our entire team on and off site. She is an excellent coach in formulating the ideal wording and delivery to patient families. We never imagined the process would be as seamless as it has been. Stephanie has been amazing. I highly recommend working with her!

Sonni Pellillo DDS

Hannapel & Pellillo Orthdontics

Stephanie has been a trusted advisor for my office and team for the past few years. She takes the time to understand her clients and their concerns. Importantly, she offers constructive advice as well as a guiding hand in how to apply it.

Pat Condit DDS

I have been extremely impressed with the strategy that Stephanie has brought to my office. As we prepare to make a significant change in our practice, her analysis and motivation has given us confidence and the enthusiasm to move forward without trepidation. She is a rockstar! I could not recommend her highly enough.

Gary Scott DDS

Family Dentistry of Caledonia

Stephanie is beyond professional and it shows. She is honest, resourceful and determined to put your practice in high gear. If you have ever considered looking into a consultant to improve the logistics and functionality in your office and help you reach your goals, this is where you need to start.

Carla Mack

Office Manager/Treatment Planner

Stephanie is great! She really takes the time to make sure you understand how to tackle the little details that go into running a practice. She is always there to answer questions when you need her!

Sabrina Wadood DDS

Stephanie is always available to help with whatever questions or problems I have! Highly recommend!!

Liz Garcia DDS

We have used so many different advisors over the years and sometimes they leave a sour taste in your mouth. Stephanie has been absolutely the best advisor we have used in 20 years of practice. Such a great asset to our team. I’m hesitant to leave review because she is such a diamond in the rough and I’m afraid the secret will get out that she’s the absolute best and every practice will be fighting over her all over the country 😉
Eric McMahon DDS
The Smile Lodge Pediatric Dentistry
I have been very impressed with how Stephanie coaches my employer through the transition of going ffs!  It’s very scary at first (I’m front office) to go to ffs. However it’s been totally worth it and I would strongly encourage an initial consultation as soon as possible to see if you can take this step with your practice.
I can’t wait to see what our future holds after the big break ups with insurance companies this year. Kudos to you Stephanie for helping dentist get what the ultimately deserve!
Jaz Shear
Office Manager

Stephanie has been fantastic in helping me every step of the way and is extremely knowledgeable. She has been irreplaceable and she will always guide you in the right direction. Definitely give her call to have her help you!

Adeep Haque DDS

Can't recommend Stephanie Wright enough. Stephanie has dramatically changed the course of my career in the best way.

Ross Nelson DDS
Love Stephanie with Innovative Advisory Solutions! Every time I’m in a bind or need advice I Know I can count on her to walk me through it. She is currently helping me with the transition from being an RDA for 22 years to an Office Manager. I couldn’t have done it without her support and guidance. From learning the ins and outs of Dental insurance to helping a young office grow!!! Skies the limit
Carrie Todd RDA

Stephanie is amazing! She helped us merge a digital office to a computer-less office and merge two staffs to one doctor in a very short time. Her enthusiasm and belief in us never wavered. She has a way of reading people and finding strengths. I highly recommend her!

Sheila Fernandez RDH

I highly recommend Stephanie. She has been a great help for my practice. She has an amazing attitude and she is full of energy. You can tell she loves her job and she loves what she does. I look forward to continue working with her.

Bardha Krasniqi DDS

Stephanie with innovative advisory solutions is amazing at what she does!
She is precise, thorough, and concise in her delivery of practice analysis reports. Working with her is an eye opener!
Ivan Samano DDS

Stephanie and I met officially back in May 2018. I had just graduated and was opening up my own start up dental practice. Stephanie has provided me with the guidance necessary to get me going including, but definitely not limited to insurance registration as a non-par provider, employee paperwork and handbooks, listening to my vision, dreams, and goals and helping me take the necessary steps to achieve that. She has fantastic marketing ideas and is very well versed in the dental world. She can help in so many aspects of the business and I know if you reach out to her, you won't be disappointed. I feel I can trust her with helping make the best decisions for my practice.

Bri Mezo DDS

Stephanie with Innovative Advisory Solutions is remarkable at what she does! Her detailed analysis reports provided us with accurate data to improve our practice!

Lacey Savaya

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