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What if you asked the head of a famous business school for some veterinary business advice, but instead of telling you about a new system to increase productivity or some new marketing hack, he tells you to ‘focus less on the business side of veterinary practice’?

"You have to stop imposing a managerial mindset on these types of businesses - a 'business mindset.' Managerialism has seeped into everything - into industries where it shouldn't be. "

An interview that started with the goal of helping vets get better at having difficult finance conversations quickly detoured into a discussion about:

- The philosophy of veterinary business,

- Why the managerialism that works in some industries doesn’t always translate well into ours, and

- What true success could look like.

(Don’t worry - we do also get insights on how to make those money conversations less stressful!)

Dr Paul Harrison is the Director of the MBA program and Co-Director of the Better Consumption Lab at Deakin University's School of Business, and Adjunct Professor at Sacred Heart University in Milan.The MBA program that Paul designed for Deakin ranks 1st in the world for class experience. Paul is a renowned international speaker on issues related to consumer behaviour, public health and well-being, governance, and marketing.

Topics and Timestamps

Money Conversations: Challenges and Strategies 04:50

Balancing Business and Values in Veterinary Practice 07:29

Rethinking Success: Beyond Financial Growth 12:17

Exciting News: Clinical Podcast Updates 17:24

Embracing Uncertainty and Value 19:32

Controlling the Customer Experience 24:08

Philosophical Approaches in Business 24:29

Understanding Customer Needs 25:45

Money Conversations in Veterinary Practice 27:15

Human Decision-Making in Emergencies 34:05

Emotional Management in Emergencies 40:30

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If you scroll through any veterinary chat group you won’t have to scroll for long before you see a conversation along the lines of: “My career as it is now isn’t really working for me, but I don’t know what my other options are. I feel… stuck.”

So how do you become unstuck?

Dr Jess Moore Jones is a bit obsessed with what keeps vets engaged and fulfilled, and she helps individuals and teams figure out how to create resilient and thriving cultures and careers through her business, ⁠Unleashed Coaching and Consulting⁠, and in this episode we unpack a few of the talks she presented at WVAC 2024:

• The choices we make: taking back the power as veterinary professionals to be in control of our own resilience and our own wellbeing.
• YOU ARE NOT STUCK: helping veterinarians discover that a meaningful, fulfilling career (and life) is possible.

Jess shares her thoughts on where the line is between being a good team member and having healthy boundaries, why being selfish in the short term can be generous in the long run, and we talk about the ‘four doors’ available to you with every challenging situation. We discuss Jess' first steps to becoming ‘unstuck’ from your career rut, and we ask the big question: are the new generations of vets ‘soft’, or just wise?!

Join Dr Jess on 28 November 2024 for her online ⁠Women in Veterinary Leadership Summit. ⁠

Topics and Time Stamps

02:21 The Generational Debate: Are Younger Vets Soft?

03:43 Resilience in Veterinary Medicine: Good vs. Toxic

10:30 Balancing Boundaries: Soft vs. Hard

15:15 Long-term Resilience vs Short-Term People-Pleasing

20:02 Career Coaching: Moving from Stuck to Fulfilled

22:55 Challenging Traditional Work Structures

23:34 Discovering Your True Self

25:06 Overcoming Fear and Taking Action

26:22 Exploring New Opportunities

29:05 The Power of Choice in Your Career

34:27 Mindfulness and Self-Awareness

36:01 Choosing Your Perspective

40:31 Embracing Negative Emotions

We love to hear from you. If you have a question for us or you’d like to give us some feedback please get in touch via our contact form at ⁠⁠thevetvault.com⁠⁠, or catch up with us on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠.

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If you work in emergency practice, or you're considering it, then this episode is for you. ⁠Dr Brooke Schampers ⁠and ⁠Dr Taleta Hompas ⁠are ECC veterinarians with more than two decades experience between them who create resources and coach others on how to thrive as an ECC shift worker through there ⁠EMV4Life⁠ program. In this episode they will tell you:

• How to better structure your shifts to optimise for sleep and health.
• How to navigate the swing between night and day shift.
• How Taleta manages shift work as a parent of young children.
• How to increase productivity on shift to reduce cognitive load and stress and get you out the door sooner.
• How to bring more joy into your emergency shifts.

We discuss what there is to love about emergency vetting, what to consider if you are thinking of a career as an ECC vet, and what other challenges there are beyond sleep and shift work.

Contact us⁠ to find out about our Vet Vault/EMV4Life resource bundles to help you up skill and navigate life as an emergency vet.

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Topics, Time Stamps and Chapters

00:00 Intro

03:22 Why ECC? What’s to love about it?

06:38 Are Certain Personalities Better Suited for ECC

15:39 The Impact of Shift Work on Health

22:21 Brooke’s Routine for Sustainable Night Shifts

32:51 Balancing ECC Work with Family Life

46:18 Setting Yourself Up for Long-Term ECC Careers

50:32 Rostering

54:17 Increased Productivity On Shift

01:06:17 Finding Your Joy in Veterinary Work

We love to hear from you. If you have a question for us or you’d like to give us some feedback please get in touch via our contact from at ⁠thevetvault.com⁠, or catch up with us on ⁠Instagram⁠.

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