Practice number two will be your hardest challenge to date. The first one is relatively easy because the team is small, and you are a constant presence in it. The second location will change both of those factors. New location. New sub-culture. More people. New people. You are not one of them if you stay in your first vet hospital. You are less of them if you decide to split yourself in two. Or you leave your firstborn to fend for itself if you decide to take the start-up cha

I want to share a quick story with you that might hit close to home. Imagine you’ve just hired a bright new vet named Sarah. She’s excited, eager, and ready to jump into her new role. But within a short time things start to unravel. She doesn’t really know what’s expected of her, and no one’s taking the time to show her. But that’s OK, she’s seen this movie before and knows how to do things, right? Until it’s not and the way Sarah does things is not the way the team are accus