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Dissecting and Creating A Paid Time Off Policy
When it’s time to create your paid time off (PTO) policy, it’s important to answer the five Ws and the H: who, what, when, where, why and how. Focusing first on the “why,” note that, in the actual policies, you don’t typically share why policies are created in the...
How #Me Too Affects You, Too
Originally posted in Today's Veterinary Business, February 2018 Sexual harassment in the workplace must be dealt with promptly, fairly and firmly. The #MeToo movement started last fall with claims of sexual harassment and rape against movie producer Harvey Weinstein....
Mysteries of Fair Compensation 2017 Update
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...
Protecting Your Practice from Toxic Teams
“You know when a veterinary practice is toxic. You can almost smell it, that tang of adrenaline from spiking anger. You feel it. Your stomach sinks when you walk in the door and you sense the tension hanging in the air. Worse yet? You’re fully aware that the toxicity...
Laboratory Service Contracts: The Devil’s in the Details
After all the blood, sweat and tears that have gone into owning your practice, you’re finally ready to sell. You have a prospective buyer who wants to assume ownership and, after many months of negotiating, you’ve settled upon the terms of your agreement. Then comes...
2018 Calendar for Human Resources Related Events ©
2018 – Is it really here in just the blink of an eye? We have updated our calendar with additional events that you should be addressing in 2018 regarding Human Resources related activities. Please take the time to at least scan the list and pencil in on your...
Politics in the Workplace – Navigating Political Talk in the Office with Tact
With the past year being so divisive in the world of politics, tensions are running high throughout the country – so it isn’t surprising that political beliefs are a hot subject in and around the workplace. You may therefore have found yourself thrown into...
Importance of a Practice Culture Audit – and How to Conduct One
If you’ve owned, managed or worked at a particular veterinary practice for any length of time, you may be so used to the workplace culture of the practice that you can’t effectively define it, much less analyze its strengths and weaknesses. If that’s the case, that’s...
Road Map to Starting a Mobile Practice: Unique Benefits and Challenges
Have you ever looked out your clinic window on a nice day and wished you could smuggle yourself outside for just an hour? Does it sometimes feel like moving a mountain to organize an hour to go to a doctor’s appointment? Who doesn’t want more time away from the office...
Residency Retention Agreements
Finding the right resident for your practice is a lot of time and work. Protect your investment and keep your resident from straying to other practices by including proper retention provisions in your residency agreements. The basic bargain you make with your...
Employee Discipline: 6 Key Steps to the Process
When you see the term “problem employee,” what comes to mind? Perhaps someone in your practice makes negative comments about virtually every situation, whereas someone else may disappear whenever an unpleasant task needs to be done. Or, maybe someone believes he or...
Key Takeaways: Monday Morning Leadership
“ . . . leadership ‘remains the No. 1 talent issue facing organizations around the world,’ with 86% of respondents to the survey rating it ‘urgent’ or ‘important.’ However, the fact that only 13% say they do an excellent job of developing leaders at all levels means...
