For hundreds of articles, downloadable and on-line management tools, forms, checklists and other templates plus on-line management seminars, video and audio management tips, benchmark services, news and views from around the world, practice management links and contacts, live eBay veterinary/business page and much, much more.

Interview with Mr David Hodgetts Cert PFS M.I.A.M I am delighted to have had an opportunity of talking to David Hodgetts, founder partner of Professional Practice Services, probably now the largest financial advisory centre to the veterinary.. . . . keep reading Ten Step Exam Room Protocol to bond clients to your practice The majority of income generated in a veterinary practice starts in the consulting room. This makes the consulting room the most important 100 sq ft in your practice. To improve your ... . . . keep reading The No-Lo Practice - do you own one? - how do you know? My video tip this month is to tell you about The No-Lo Practice business tool from Vet Partners. Shock! Disbelief! Practice owners are devastated when they learn their practices are worth only .. . . . keep reading Wouldn't You Like to Invite these Practice Management Experts into YOUR Practice so that You can Pick their Brains? Lunch-Break Webinars starting next month. A multi-expert series of 60 minute Lunch Break Webinars offered exclusively for full members of the Veterinary Business Briefing Community. The Webinars will... . . . keep reading Practice Team Evaluation Survey Veterinary practices can only deliver high quality professional clinical and support services for their clients when they recognise the importance of the practice team. Practice owners and... . . . keep reading Graduate debt and practice profits - an Interview with Dr James Wilson DVM JD This summer I was privileged to participate in the mid year meeting of Vet Partners in Kansas City. One of the founder members of VetPartners, formerly known as the AVPMCA ... . . . keep reading Pop Goes the Weazel download Do your staff have any idea of the commercial realities of operating a quality professional service, the costs involved and the need to be profitable? You know that somehow you need to teach them but ... . . . keep reading Your reception staff - the key to business success My video tip this month is to take a fresh look at your reception team. They are at the hub of your practice and the key to your business success. Receptionists are your link with ... . . . keep reading

How to Avoid Being Clobbered By the Recession It is always wise to look outside the profession to see what others are doing. Identify their strengths, and then adopt them. For example, the dental profession places great emphasis on ... . . . keep reading Cutting Costs to Cope with the Economic Downturn During the first half of 2008, we in the U.S. struggled through very difficult economic times. This year started out after a slow Christmas retail season and talk of recession. We've recently ... . . . keep reading Improving compliance through recognising and changing limiting behaviours by Caroline Jevring-Bäck. From a paper presented during the Hills Pet Nutrition - Healthy Pets mean Healthy Business Pre - Congress Practice Health Day, Barcelona, 2007. Do you remember the last .. . . . keep reading Eight Employee Needs You Must Address to Create Passion at Work Employees in today's workforce are expecting more from their work, their leaders and their organizations.Increasingly, employees want their workplace to provide them ... . . . keep reading Four Reasons Why Small Businesses Succeed (or Fail) The American system of business management has been admired and emulated around the world. This system is characteristic of two traits (1) enthusiasm for the future and making things better, and (2).. . . . keep reading Are You Too Busy to Be Productive? Why customers shouldn't be your first priority Let's be frank - if you work for a company,(or if you are a manager in veterinary practice) then your primary goal is to make money. Period. You may have secondary goals to serve the ... . . . keep reading Business Marketing Mistakes: 3 Marketing Mistakes Every Business Manager Makes Who hasn't let a typo slip by or misspelled the CEO's name or printed the wrong phone number somewhere? Those marketing mistakes don't warrant an article. In fact, just one word of how-to-fix-it advice is .. . . . keep reading The Questions You Should Be Asking At Interview - and Those You Shouldn't If you find that your recruitment interviews don't produce results… ie you don't get all the information you need from candidates to make the best decisions then I'm willing to bet that one ... . . . keep reading