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I help vet practices grow by training or hiring leaders who get the job done

Learn more about my leadership training and management courses. 

Grow your practice

We help veterinary professionals learn the skills and build happy and high performing teams that will ensure success at all stages of veterinary practice growth. Explore our core services below.

Stages of Practice Growth

Drawing on experience of helping hundreds of practice owners to realise their visions, Dr. Dave Nicol has identified the five key stages of practice growth and how to avoid pitfalls and achieve success at each one.

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Build your career

We help veterinarians overcome career challenges so they enjoy professionally, emotionally, and financially rewarding careers. 
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About Dr. Dave

Dr. Dave Nicol is a highly experienced veterinarian with more than 25 years in general practice, renowned for expertise in running successful and sustainable veterinary practices. He owns Roundwood Vets in London and Roundwood Pet Hospice & In-home Euthanasia a mobile practice operating nationally in the United Kingdom. Both are values-led organisations where culture comes first.

Dr. Dave is a prolific author who has written three books, including the best-selling "So You're A Vet...Now What?"—an essential read for new graduate vets. He has also written numerous articles and blogs, most recently a chapter on leadership for the prestigious Veterinary Clinics of North America.

Dr. Dave is one of the original podcasters of vet med, hosting both "Blunt Dissection" and "The Veterinary Leadership Success Show," which have been downloaded more than 300,000 times. 

He has been voted VMX's Practice Management Speaker of the Year in both 2019 and again in 2024.

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