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Dr Dave's Blog & Podcast Homepage

Est 2009

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Vet Profession to Hemorrhage Talent Until Professional Skills Get Center Stage

Dr Dave Nicol

Vet Profession to Hemorrhage Talent Until Professional Skills Get Center Stage

Interesting new research reported in the Harvard Business Review, Sept-Oct 2022 (HBR) found that those most in need of mentoring are the ones most likely to opt out of receiving it. This is eye-brow-raising news with potentially profound implications. It, perhaps, also sheds light on why veterinary medicine has utterly failed to overcome the greatest source of stress and friction (and hence attrition) facing our profession - toxic client relationships. Studies conducted by Ve