The Veterinary Leadership Success Show

143: Two New Jobs Every Veterinary Practice Needs

Everyone's talking about AI. Some people think it's the future. Others think it's overhyped. Most practice owners are somewhere in the middle, wondering what they're act

142: The Double Fracture Threatening Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary medicine is changing. And if running your practice feels harder than it used to… it's not just you. In this episode, I explore what I believe is driving that

141: Confidence Comes After You Begin With Dr Heather James

What stops someone becoming a practice owner? According to this week's guest, it's rarely a lack of ability. It's the belief that you need to know everything before you

140: Why I Sold My Veterinary Practice

For the first time in more than 20 years, I'm no longer a veterinary practice owner. That feels strange to say. Owning practices has shaped so much of my career and, if

139: Turning Your Numbers Into Better Decisions

Last week, I shared the 11 numbers I believe every veterinary practice should be tracking. But collecting numbers is only half the job. The real value comes from knowin

138: The 11 Numbers That Matter Most in Veterinary Practice

When everything feels urgent, how do you know what to tackle first? It's something I've wrestled with throughout my career as a practice owner. There's always another p

137: Flying the Spitfire & Why Great Veterinary Practices Never Feel Generic

The best veterinary practices are not remembered because of their ultrasound machine. They are remembered because of how they make people feel. There’s an energy to rem

136: Know Your Numbers (Without Losing Your Mind) with Martin Traub-Werner

This week’s episode is about something most practice owners avoid… until it starts keeping them awake at night. The numbers. I’m joined by Martin Traub-Werner, founder

135: The Big D Leader in Veterinary Practice

A few weeks ago, I sat down with Dr Andy Roark and he dropped a line that lit up the internet: “You, my friend, are a dick.” His point was simple and uncomfortable. In

134: Rethinking “Difficult” Clients with Dr. Seth Mathus Ganz

This week, we’re asking a question that’s been rumbling under the surface of vet med for far too long: Are clients really the problem, or have we lost our grip on what’s

133: Weak Graduates or Tired Owners? The Real Problem We’re Not Talking About

In this episode of the Veterinary Leadership Success Show, I’m responding to the reaction. Specifically, the wave of comments that followed a recent episode and social p

132: A Better Future for New Grads and Vet Med - Guiding, Not Grinding (Part 2 of 2)

Part 1 laid bare what happens when well-meaning practices ask too much, too soon, without the systems to support it. In this second conversation, we deliberately turn th

131: Hope, Pressure, and the First Year in Vet Practice - Grinding, Not Guiding (Part 1 of 2)

The first year in practice should not decide whether someone stays in veterinary medicine. But too often, it does. In this episode, I’m joined by Dr Hope Darnell, a rece

130: Finding New Purpose After 30 Years in Vet Med with Dr. Jay Thrush

What happens when a seasoned vet with 30 years of experience decides to start again, but this time builds exactly the practice he wishes existed? In this week’s Veterina

129: How to Create Lasting Change in Your Vet Practice

Most leaders want change to be quick and clean. A few tweaks. A new policy. A better week. But meaningful change – the kind that transforms culture, steadies the ship, a

128: The Art (and Chaos) of Vet Med with Dr. Andy Roark

This week, we’re doing things a little differently. No written notes. No heavy leadership theory. Just me, Dr. Andy Roark, and a completely ridiculous idea involving visu

127: The Biggest Vision Mistakes Practice Owners Make (And How To Fix Them)

Most practice owners think they have a vision. A sentence written years ago. A vague idea. A gut feeling. But a real vision, one that energises your team and shapes cultu

126: Does Your Team Really Care? Why Buy-In Beats Motivation Every Time

You care deeply about your practice. The vision, the medicine, the values, the clients - it all matters to you. Maybe a bit too much sometimes. But unfortunately, just

125: Performance or Wellbeing? With Dr. Dave Nicol

Why do veterinarians keep burning out? In this episode of the Veterinary Leadership Success Show, I’m unpacking why so many great people in our profession are burning ou

124: What Happened to Mentorship in Vet Med? with Dr. Robin Hargreaves

This week, we’re asking the big question - what happened to mentorship in vet med? To help me figure it out, I’m joined by Dr. Robin Hargreaves - former BVA President, l