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Strategic Negotiation: Babies, Bosses, and Pregnancy Plans
Introduction In 2009, the American Veterinary Medical Association reported that females outnumbered male counterparts for the first time. In 2010, the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges shared that 78 percent of veterinarian students were female...
Do You Need A Practice Manager?
For decades, veterinary practices have been moving away from the single doctor practice model and towards larger, multi-doctor practices. With practice growth comes increases in the number of employees, clients, and patients; growth of the facilities; and, of course,...
The Key To A Successful Team: Being Accountable While Avoiding the Pitfalls of Micromanaging
Having a culture of accountability in the workplace is important for the success of your business. Each member in a team depends upon everyone else, expecting work to be efficiently and properly completed. When employees feel accountable, they often feel a sense of...
High Performance Team Culture Leadership Effectiveness in Engaging your Employees©
Are you showing up as a leader for your Practice? Is there leadership depth within your Practice organization? What is the value proposition of leadership competencies for your Practice? What is the profile of a successful leader? As your Practice continues to...
Benefits of Profit Sharing with Employees
So, you’ve set up a sustainable veterinary practice. You have a solid staff, vendors, a well-equipped space, and clients that are trickling in. Now, what? How do you grow the stream of clients? How do you keep the ones you have coming back? We’ve already seen that...
Handling the Flow of Information To, From, and Among Your Employees
How do you improve employee engagement and alignment within your practice? Do you find your command and control approach not working? Would you believe it is as simple as having a conversation leveraging four essential attributes that form a single integrated process...
Mental Health Challenges in the Practice: How to Identify and Combat Them
In February 2015, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released survey results focused on responses given by more than 10,000 practicing veterinarians, most of whom were in small animal practice (69%). The results are worrying. 8% of males in the...
Managing a Heavier Workload, Post-Layoffs: Surviving-and Even Thriving
A traditional promotion tends to happen in one of a couple of different ways: A workplace posts a job opening that lists a job title and its associated responsibilities, the skills needed, the pay and so forth; people apply and someone is awarded the job – and then...
Ouch! Independent Contractor or Employee ©
Independent contractors (“ICs”) contract to perform services for others but don't have the legal status of employees. Are ICs right for your veterinary practice? I. SOME ADVANTAGES PERHAPS A. Saves Practice Owner Money? With ICs, the veterinary practice avoids the...
Negotiating a Commercial Lease
If you need to sign a lease for your veterinary practice’s location, here are a few tips to help you to successfully negotiate a commercial lease. Examine the Premises Carefully This includes the HVAC, plus electrical and plumbing systems, although even careful due...
Mysteries of Fair Compensation©
It would be so simple if practice owners could open a fortune cookie for each one of their employees and find the method by which to fairly compensate them. While there are commonly accepted methods of compensation, their implementation in veterinary practices varies...
Planning a Stress-Free Road to Retirement©
Succession planning. Two words when placed together make your heart race in light of the decades spent building this hospital from the ground. Who am I going to sell to? How am I going to sell? What do I value my practice at? When is a good time to sell? These...
