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I'm a mobile practitioner hoping to start my own practice. How can I find a lender who will work with me?

Our team members aren't salespeople. How can we teach them to reinforce our recommendations to clients?

Encourage team members to promote an environment of confidence.

Dr. Nan Boss offers advice for communicating effectively with team members.

Loyola Center for Fitness provides workaholics with simple, on-the-job exercises.

Don't fall victim to the yes syndrome. Use these techniques to say nay.

Several new health-care reform bills are circulating and require individuals to carry insurance and businesses to offer it. A look at three of the leading ones and how they would impact veterinary practice owners and associates.

I'm ready to become a practice owner. What are the advantages of buying a practice versus opening one myself?

Essential characteristics for associates hoping to get their own practice off the ground.

How can I earn perks like vacation days and professional memberships during my next contract negotiation?

This veterinarian found happiness by taking charge of her career. Here's how.

Want to have time for family and friends-and yourself? Learn to say "no."

People rewarded for correct choices learn rapidly.

Practice-owning moms share lessons and laughs during CVC panel discussion.

Study shows harassment is less about sex and more about domination.

Use an online worksheet, evaluate accounts receivable, and more.

Consultant, practitioners offer their top economic strategies.

Your clients understand that parasite control is important. But do they know that you need to be involved too?

While the production model is supposed to encourage doctors to take on challenges and go beyond the call of duty, Dr. Andrew Rollo worries that greed and pettiness can ruin the working environment and harbor ill will.

Putting issues on the table and talking about them openly isn't easy, but if you want a healthy work environment, it's necessary. To get you started, Shawn McVey, MA, MSW, shares this example.

Managers: You need to delegate more. Here's how to do it right.

Kansas City -- Popular pet-book author, columnist and TV personality Dr. Marty Becker urged veterinarians at CVC Kansas City to rekindle their love with the profession and the animals they have taken an oath to heal.

From a pain practitioner's standpoint, it's much better for a practice to provide more service to existing clients than try to compete for new ones when patients die before their time. That was one of two key take-home points Robert M. Stein, DVM, Dipl. AAPM, pain specialist and president of the International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management (IVAPM), offered CVC Kansas City attendees Sunday morning during his presentation, "A day in the life of a pain practitioner," part of the IVAPM Symposium at CVC Kansas City. Stein practices in suburban Buffalo, N.Y.

Dissecting a state-board investigation can go a long way to easing fear and stress.

In the veterinary world, integrity is everything.

A common complaint among veterinary team members is lack of respect in the workplace. Mark Opperman, CVPM, offers advice on how to properly communicate staff appreciation.

Lack of sleep can cause heart trouble, study shows.

It's time to get off the couch and get physical.

Go ahead. Let go every once in awhile. Otherwise you may end up going overboard at just the wrong moment.