Put Some Thoughts into Personality Assessments

Originally Published in Today’s Veterinary Business, February 2018 It can be tempting to consider an extraverted person as a “good” employee and an introverted one as less attractive. In reality, people all along the spectrum can make outstanding employees....

Am I Practicing The Standard Of Care?

In the law of professional negligence, the standard of care is the benchmark by which others assess a veterinarian’s competence.  To be within the standard of care, veterinarians must perform their duties with an average degree of skill, care and diligence exercised...

Wrongful Termination and Constructive Dismissal

Wrongful termination occurs whenever you fire an employee for reasons that are illegal and/or against your practice’s policies. Illegal firings include those that involve discrimination, whether because of race, gender, citizenship status or other class protection. If...

3 HR Challenges And What You Can Do

Originally Published in Today’s Veterinary Business, December 2017   Recruiting, training and retaining quality employees is an ongoing challenge for veterinary practices of all sizes. Successfully doing so, though, is crucial if a practice is to thrive....

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...
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