Team Building is Fun… Do You Mean I Have to Pay Them Too?

What's This Episode About?

This week on the podcast, Dr. Roark and Stephanie tackle a topic from the mailbag. A fellow practice manager reached out to Stephanie asking about an upcoming team building retreat they are planning. The team will get together offsite and are closing the clinic down to work on team building and have a little fun. But some of the team has stated they don’t want to come if they aren’t going to get paid. Dr. Roark and Stephanie weigh in on how to get yourself in the right headspace to tackle this one as well as some advice on protecting yourself (keep it legal!), honoring your veterinary team’s time inside and outside of the clinical schedule, and still getting to have some fun. Let’s get into this…

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August 14: Secret Sauce to Optimizing Workflow

Uncharted Founding Member, Licensed Veterinary Technician, and Practice Management consultant Senani Ratnayake is going to be offering up a phenomenal workshop for the public on Aug 14, 2021! Senani tackles a problem that is always present to a degree in our practices – workflow challenges. Some inefficiencies might feel normal to us because we've always done it that way and we don't even realize there might be a better way to move forward. This 4-hour workshop (approved for 4hrs RACE and CVPM credit) is here to help. Come dissect your hospital’s workflow with Senani Ratnayake, RVT so you can get out of the woods in 4 strategic steps. Then, talk through what it will take to get your team on board to lean into your strengths and address your weaknesses.

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