Resources

Discover valuable resources for Practice Management, Human Resources, Partnership Issues, Business Structure, Contracts, and Regulatory Guidance.

Practice Management Articles & Resources

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ABC Inventory

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Are You Getting the Most Out of Your Veterinary Technicians?

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Artificial Intelligence in Veterinary Medicine

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A Wildlife Policy Within a Clinical Setting: Implementing the DOs and DON’Ts of Wildlife Handling and Treatment

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Bad Customer Service – Understanding the Psychology Behind Bad Customer Service

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Disaster Management for Private Practice Part II

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Do You Need a Practice Manager?

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Driving Excellence in Your Practice

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Drug Testing: How and When

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Emergency Succession Planning for a Sole Owner

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Four Benefits New Employees Want Today

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Fraud/Theft in Veterinary Practices: Are YOU Vulnerable?

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High Performance Team Culture: Achieving What Others Alone Cannot

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Holding On to Your Dream Team

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How Assertive Are You?

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How to Attract an Associate

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How to Compete with Dr. Google

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How to Prevent a Toxic Workplace

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Implementing Veterinary Telemedicine

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Importance of Selective Inventory Control

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Issues to Negotiate in Practice

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Licensed Veterinary Technicians: Undercompensated & Underpaid, Yet Absolutely Critical

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Managing a Heavier Workload, Post-Layoffs: Surviving- and Even Thriving

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Managing Communication Within Your Practice

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Medical Errors: How NOT to Throw Your Colleagues Under the Bus

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Operational Excellence

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Optimizing Millennial Success

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Organizational Charts – a Key to Successful Growth

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Planning a Stress Free Road to Retirement

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Protecting Your Practice from Toxic Teams

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Responding to Client Complaints

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Road Map to Starting a Mobile Practice: Unique Benefits and Challenges

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Selling Your Practice? How to Transition Your Team

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Social Media and Background Checks – Dangerous or Due Diligence for Your Practice?

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Social Networking: How Does It Affect YOU?

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Standardized Chart of Accounts Available Free to Veterinary Professionals

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Successfully Managing Conflict in Your Veterinary Practice

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Telemedicine: From Your Exam Room to Their Living Room

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Ten Strategies to Enhance Client Satisfaction

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The Complete Client Experience

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The FAQs on Compounding

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The Power of One

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The Veterinary Nurse Initiative

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Understanding Employee Motivation & How to Get it

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Utilizing a Hidden Resource – Veterinary Technicians

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Veterinary Nurse vs. Technician: the Pros and the Cons

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What is “News to Use”?

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What’s Yours is Mine, What’s Mine is Yours: Taking Pet Medications

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Workplace Gossip – How to Control the Rumors

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Zoonotic Implications of Fewer Veterinary Visits

HR Assistance Articles & Resources

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3 HR Challenges and What You Can Do

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2020: Compensation Update

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Asking the Forbidden During Interviews

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Bad Customer Service – Understanding the Psychology Behind Bad Customer Service

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Bullying in the Workplace… Is It Really a Big Deal?

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Coffee with Charlotte: Who Do You Want to Be?

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Communication Breakdown, Now What?

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Creating a Pathway to Partnership

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Drug Testing in Veterinary Practice

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Emotional Intelligence: From Surviving to Thriving

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Employee Discipline: Six Key Steps to the Process

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Holding On to Your Dream Team

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Hot HR Topics

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How #MeToo Affects You, Too

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How To Discipline Your Employee

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How to Prevent a Toxic Workplace

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How to Respond to Third Party Harassment

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Human Resource Compliance Audit – Why Is It So Critical to Complete?

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Human Resources Toolkit Now Available

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Importance of Veterinary Associate Contracts

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Interviewing: Finding the Right Person for Your Practice

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Job Descriptions – Why Do I Need to Write Them?

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Mental Health Challenges in the Practice: How to Identify and Combat Them

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Mysteries of Fair Compensation

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Negative Attitudes: How to Identify and Deal with Negativity in the Practice

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Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, and Non-Disclosure: What Are They and Do We Need Them?

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Organizational Charts

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Performance Management – A Program, Not Just A Form

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Pregnant Employee Safety Checklist

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Preventive Medicine for Combating Communication Diseases in a Veterinary Practice Part I

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Preventive Medicine for Combating Communication Diseases in a Veterinary Practice Part II

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Protecting Your Practice from Toxic Teams

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Recordkeeping: Personnel Files

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Reviewing Your Practice’s Healthcare Benefit Plans

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Rules of Engagement: The Leading Role of Women

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Social Media and Background Checks – Dangerous or Due Diligence for Your Practice?

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Stop Hiring for Culture Fit

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Strategic Negotiation: Babies, Bosses, and Pregnancy Plans

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Strategies for Preventing Workplace Harassment & Discrimination

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Successful Negotiations: Strategies for Salary, Benefits, and More

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Talent Acquisition – Finding and Retaining the Right Person for Your Practice

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Terminating an Employee Gracefully & Legally I

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Terminating an Employee Gracefully & Legally II

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Understanding Employee Motivation and How to Get It

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Veterinarian and Paraprofessional Compensation: Benchmarking to Gauge “How Do I Compare”?

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What is a Human Resource Compliance Audit?

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What is “News to Use”?

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When Employees Refuse to Sign Disciplinary Notices

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Workplace Bullying: Is It Really A Big Deal?

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Workplace Gossip – How to Control the Rumors

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Wrongful Termination and Constructive Dismissal

Counsel Articles & Resources

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14 Issues Your Veterinary Practice Partnership Documents Should (Have) Address(ed)

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Anatomy of a Negotiation: Talking to Corporate Consolidators

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Benefits of Profit Sharing with Employees

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Buy-Sell Negotiations: Ethical Disclosures or Buyer Beware

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Cannabis in Veterinary Medicine

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CBD Compliance: Smoke and Mirrors

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Competing with Corporate Consolidator

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Controlled Substances in Your Veterinary Practice

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Do You Need a Letter of Intent?

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Employee Discounts: Do You Know the Rules?

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Employees as Pet-Sitters: Should You Be Concerned?

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Establishing Values for Medical Records Sold Independently of the Practice

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FDA Warning About Online Pet Pharmacies

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Fraud/Theft in Veterinary Practices: Are YOU Vulnerable?

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How Do You Choose a “Good” Lawyer?

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How to Respond to Third Party Harassment

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Internet Pharmacies: Industry & Consumer Trends – Are They Buying What You’re Selling?

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In These Uncertain Economic Times, Should You Invest In Training and Career Development for Your Employees?

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Issues to Negotiate in Practice

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Laboratory Service Contracts: The Devil’s in the Details

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Legal Aspects on the Emotional Maltreatment of Animals

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Legal Risk Management in Responding to Negative Online Reviews

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Letters of Intent: Why Use Them?

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Malpractice Risks? Where Are They?

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Medical Errors: How not to throw your colleague under the bus

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Mysteries of Fair Compensation

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On-Call – ‘Engaged to Wait’ or ‘Waiting to be Engaged’?

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Ouch! Independent Contractor or Employee?

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Partnerships: What To Consider Before Getting Hitched

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Planning a Stress-Free Road to Retirement

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Practice Entity – Which Organization Is Best for You and Why it Matters

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Property Lease Dangers

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Property Lease Dangers II

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Sharing the Windfall

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Signing Bonuses: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

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State-Law Savvy

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The FAQs on Compounding

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To Pay or Not To Pay… That Is The Question!

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Using IRC Section 1031 to Create and Preserve Wealth

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Veterinarians’ Legal Liability for Zoonotic Diseases

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Veterinarians Treating Humans. Where Is the Line?

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Veterinarian & Paraprofessional Compensation
Benchmarking to Gauge ‘How do I Compare’?

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Veterinary Employment Contract Legal Issues

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What is “News to Use”?

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Why Is Your Practice Worth More Than Mine? Summit Veterinary Advisors

Disclaimer: The resource archives are for informational purposes only. Please note that some information may be outdated.

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