Players can’t start functioning as a team until the game has been identified, the locker room huddle finished, and the players dispersed to their field positions. The same is true for employees in a business. Cohesive cooperation between employees begins with long-term vision and goals, otherwise known as a strategic plan. Strategic Planning for Me? Really? It’s … [Read more...]
A New Level of Amazing at CVC San Diego
For years I’ve been saying that conference education should reach out in new directions; and while I see all the veterinary conferences playing with different styles of CE, the CVC unconventional conference achieved another level of learning this year in embraceable San Diego. CVC San Diego Innovative Learning Firstly, the Innovative Sessions really hit their mark. To be … [Read more...]
The Expert Lunch CVC San Diego 2015
I got my first job when I was fourteen. I picked strawberries for a local grower. It was backbreaking work. (I know what you’re thinking; a 14 year old complaining about back pain? Well you stoop over 4 inch tall plants all day, loading flats, and tell me how you feel 8 hours later.) When growing season ended, I applied for a job at the Keg and Butcher Block where I was trained … [Read more...]
Veterinary Valuation in 2016: Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference lecturers demystify corporate buying offers
Is it time to sell your veterinary practice? Most practice owners have had a number of offers as of late. Private equity groups, small corporations, large ones…all are agreed that the business of veterinary medicine is a good bet and are willing to up the ante to win. But how do practice owners know when the bidding cycle will wane? Precisely when is the right time to sell your … [Read more...]
September 11th, 2001 Part V: Ground Zero
Ground Zero Finally, we came to the location I knew I had to see. I’m glad I took pictures of it, since I cannot remember it clearly now. Not as clearly as I want to anyway. I cannot remember it because I was too shocked to see the enormity of it and I was too terrified of being caught by the police for being out of the allowable boundary. Like the other location we visited, … [Read more...]