Top Veterinary Practice Issues that Negatively Affect Culture, Retention, and Performance

General Patton once said, "An army is like spaghetti. You can't push a piece of spaghetti, you got to pull it." Deficits in directional leadership do exist in most practices. Most of the following issues are evidence of weak leadership. With full medical curriculums, veterinarians are generally not exposed to leadership training as part of their medical education. In practice, few recognize anything beyond positional leadership as the default for being the owner, veterinarian, practice manager, or lead technician. Working too much "in" their practice instead of "on" their practice, few with essential