Paul Sletten

LVI LiveOccupation:

President/Owner/Transition Facilitator
The Sletten Group, Inc
7882 South Argonne Street
Centennial, CO 80016

Education:

Bachelor of Arts, 1965
Psychology and Business Administration
Concordia College
Moorhead, Minnesota
Extensive post-graduate continuing education with a focus on business planning and personal growth topics

Personal Information:

Wife: Ruth
Interests: Reading, music, personal development programs, seminar lecturer, Bethany Lutheran Church, golf, racquetball and skiing.
Board Member: Bethany Lutheran Church, The Samaritan Institute and Valley Country Club.

EXPERIENCE

The Sletten Group, Inc. Owner and President (1975 – Present)

The Sletten Group, Inc. provides consulting services for dentists and their teams, focusing on all issues related to planning and implementing dental practice transitions.

Primary areas of emphasis are life planning and practice transition planning. Paul works with dentists and their spouses who are doing long-range planning for retirement, selling a practice, buying a practice, adding an associate or partner, growing by acquisition, doing crisis coverage planning, merging practices, or simply growing and refining their practices.

All practice transitions involve life transitions for the dentists and teams. The Sletten Group, Inc. specializes in facilitating successful transitions for all the stakeholders. In addition to doing practice valuations, helping put Win–Win Agreements together, there is also a strong emphasis on matching people with similar values and philosophies.

Paul Sletten has been involved in over 2100 dental practice transitions in 47 states in the U.S., four Provinces in Canada and two states in Australia. Paul does workshops on a variety of transition topics and regularly speaks at major dental meetings across the country. Workshops and personal life planning and coaching services are provided for clients and their teams on the topics of creating successful personal and practice transitions.

Professional Economics Bureau: Practice Management Consultant (1971 – 1975)

Practice Management Consulting Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota founded by Mr. Jim Trask. P.E.B had clients all over the upper Midwest. The Slettens moved to Denver in January of 1975. The focus of the business was to provide practice management consulting services to progressive dentists and their teams.

ServiceMaster Hospital Corporation: Department Head and Consultant (1967 – 1970)

ServiceMaster Hospital Corporation provides management services to major hospitals in America, contracting with the hospitals to run their Housekeeping Departments.

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