Hire The Smile

In this episode, Dr. Mike Pownall and Katie Ardeline are joined by Dr. Yteke Elte to discuss employee engagement. Dr. Yteke Elte is an equine veterinarian and team leader at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

In today’s episode, Dr. Mike Pownall and Katie Ardeline discuss the contributing factors to veterinary practice owner burnout and provide valuable insight on what you can do to help minimize burnout.

In today’s episode, Dr. Mike Pownall and Katie Ardeline discuss the great resignation, why people are leaving their jobs and what you can do to help attract and keep staff. 

Articles Mentioned:

Are we in a veterinary workforce crisis?

The Reason Behind the Great Resignation That No One Is Talking About

2022 Canada Salary Guide | Robert Half

Living wage by region

In this episode, Dr. Mike Pownall and Katie Ardeline discuss multiple articles surrounding transparent salaries, the average performer, mass amounts of workers quitting their jobs and more.

Articles Mentioned:

This Company Makes All Employees’ Salaries, Appraisals, and Promotions Public

Stuck in the Middle: The Plight of Average Performers

A record number of workers are quitting their jobs, empowered by new leverage

This is what a profit margin squeeze looks like

In this episode, Dr. Mike Pownall is joined for a second episode with Dr. Tovah Caldwell to further discuss how mindfulness impacts the work-life of veterinarians. Together, they discuss three common themes developed in Tovah’s research: professional identity development, perspective taking and the mind-body connection

In this episode, Dr. Mike Pownall and Katie Ardeline discuss how to identify a toxic boss, how to address them and things leaders can do to attract and retain veterinary staff.

Articles Mentioned:

How to Tell Leaders They’re Not as Great as They Think They Are

10 Things Your Corporate Culture Needs to Get Right

In this episode, Dr. Mike Pownall and Katie Ardeline are joined by Dr. Tovah Caldwell to discuss mindfulness tools for health, wellbeing, and longevity in veterinary practice.

In this podcast episode, Joop Loomans of Oculus Insights is joined by Dr. Melissa Mckee and Dr. Philippe Benoit to discuss the 2021 Equine Regenerative Medicine and Orthobiologics Online Summit. From PRP to Bone Edema, learn how the Summit assists in everyday equine vet practice and what topics to look forward to for the 2021 summit.

For more information, visit www.equineregenerativesummit.com 

In this episode, Dr. Mike Pownall and Katie Ardeline discuss the impact toxic employees have on the bottom line, how to deal with them and how to help them with direct feedback.

Articles Mentioned

Nine traits of a toxic employee

It’s Better to Avoid a Toxic Employee than Hire a Superstar

How to Work with Someone Who Creates Unnecessary Conflict

How to Manage a Toxic Employee

Productivity Hacks

Slack

Apple Watch – Monitoring Sleep

In this episode, Dr. Mike Pownall and Katie Ardeline discuss the different components, processes, and benefits of completing a Human Resource Audit for your veterinary practice.

Articles Mentioned:

Google employees who opt to work from home may earn less than they did before