by Brenda Tassava, CVPM, CVJ If there's one thing that any veterinary practice can focus on in order to improve, it's to grow your veterinary leader. With Gallup's most recent State of the American Workplace report showing that while 30% of employees are actively committed to doing a good job, the remaining workers are either punching the clock and biding their … [Read more...]
Women in Veterinary Medicine: Searching for Boundaries
by Brenda Tassava, CVPM, CVJ What is the biggest challenge that women in veterinary medicine face today? That's the question I posed earlier this week at the first Women in Veterinary Medicine roundtable dinner discussion, in Indianapolis. As the facilitator, I had prepared 8 prompts, but only had to ask that single question to get the ball rolling. An intimate group of … [Read more...]
Are you a bear to work with? Workplace Conflict in the Veterinary Office
Are you a bear at work? Take this test and find out! We have all kinds of ways of describing people’s behavior at work. Employees can be identified by communication style, personality type, even by their astrological signs, but have you ever been characterized as an animal? Take this entertaining quiz on your veterinary work place habits and life style choices to find out … [Read more...]
5 Tips For Making Your Workplace a Little Healthier
Would you call your workplace healthy? Bash and Brenda teach management systems that enhance the psychological health of your workplace, but the best teams are not of just sound mind. They start out the day feeling physically well, by eating healthy foods…not an easy feat in an industry where there’s little time to prepare or even eat at regular intervals. Here are a couple of … [Read more...]
There’s Value in Compassion and Grace: Keep Paying It Forward
by Brenda Tassava, CVPM, CVJ There's a little blog post that has been going viral this past week---I even found myself sharing it on Facebook the other night, passing along Dogtor Bill's message to "pay it forward". It's the story of a veterinarian and his team who found themselves faced with a homeless woman who had only one hundred dollars to save her dog's … [Read more...]