A frustrated veterinary practice leader wonders why it seems like the details no longer matter to their team. This week on the Uncharted Veterinary Podcast, Practice Management expert Stephanie Goss and Dr. Andy Roark tackle their shortest mailbag question ever: does anyone care about the details? Together, they work through the headspace behind this question, discussing the complexities of veterinary medicine and how to foster honest conversations that lead to accountability. From fecal loops t...
May 22, 2024•55 min
This practice owner aims to develop a plan for both a new, eager graduate and an established associate who is less enthusiastic about development. Dr. Addie Reinhard, CEO of MentorVet, joins Dr. Andy Roark on this week's podcast to tackle this unique challenge. Dr. Reinhard brings a wealth of expertise to the conversation, as the founder of MentorVet—an organization known for its evidence-based approaches to promoting well-being within veterinary medicine. Her extensive research, including her r...
May 15, 2024•51 min
An associate is struggling with their perception that the management team is not holding an otherwise exceptional team member accountable for excessive call-outs, resulting in gaps in coverage. This week on the Uncharted Podcast, Stephanie Goss and Dr. Andy Roark respond to an email signed from "A motivated associate who needs my support team to show up to work and the management team to hold them accountable." They discuss a team member who is excellent at their job but has chronic migraines ca...
May 08, 2024•53 min
Clients are feeling extremely frustrated by not being able to get seen with a sick pet quickly enough for their liking and unfortunately, the front desk is taking the brunt of the client frustration. This week on the Uncharted Podcast, Stephanie Goss and Dr. Andy Roark jump headfirst into another mailbag episode. They received an email from a practice who is absolutely drowning in clients. They have 5 doctors offering care weekdays AND weekends and they still can't keep up. This practice is plea...
May 01, 2024•54 min
One experienced doctor's toxic behavior is jeopardizing team morale and driving away staff and new graduate veterinarians. In this episode of the Uncharted podcast, practice management expert Stephanie Goss and Dr. Erica Pounds from Banfield Pet Hospital dive into a critical issue faced by many practice leaders: dealing with toxic behavior from a team member. The episode begins with a heartfelt email from a frustrated practice leader detailing the challenges their practice has faced since losing...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 1 min
This practice has spent a lot of time and energy to work on their culture and the team that is there loves working together, loves their clients and the management. Yet people are still leaving the practice! This week on the podcast, Dr. Andy Roark and practice management nerd Stephanie Goss are talking through an email they received in the mailbag. This letter might be short on details and the challenge this practice is facing is definitely long on the challenge. We know we can't control losing...
Apr 17, 2024•51 min
Content Warning: Mentions of suicide may be triggering to some listeners. What are some key practices in preparing the clinic for a team member returning from a mental health leave? Dr. Phil Richmond joins us to help a veterinary practice manager wondering how they can prepare a safe space within their clinic, for a team member to return to. Together, Stephanie Goss and Dr. Phil Richmond tackle many action steps and offer valuable resources to get the right work policy in place for any team. Let...
Apr 10, 2024•57 min
This week on the Uncharted Podcast, Stephanie Goss and Dr. Andy Roark dive into another intriguing submission from the mail bag. This time, they tackle a question from a practice owner who's embarking on the journey of opening a new clinic and is pondering what type of client experience to deliver. The practice owner is eager to establish a distinctive client experience for their new venture but is uncertain about the direction to take. Stephanie and Andy emphasize the importance of aligning the...
Apr 03, 2024•57 min
This week on the Uncharted Podcast, Dr. Andy Roark and veterinary practice management whiz, Stephanie Goss dive into a heartfelt letter from a listener grappling with burnout in the veterinary world. Despite swimming in a sea of perks—great pay, abundant time off, and a tight-knit support system—the listener finds themselves treading water, feeling stuck in the profession's turbulent waves. They're struggling to keep their head above water amidst rising client demands and a sinking sense of pass...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr
In this week's episode of The Uncharted Podcast, Dr. Andy Roark and Stephanie Goss dive into a letter from the mailbag. It's from a kennel technician grappling with a toxic workplace culture. This dedicated individual is working tirelessly in the kennels for experience requirements for vet school. However, the atmosphere within the kennels is far from supportive, with the kennel manager engaging in gossiping and making side remarks. Despite reaching out to the practice manager for assistance, th...
Mar 20, 2024•51 min
In this episode of the Uncharted Podcast, Dr. Andy Roark jumps into a crucial mailbag but this time with special guest Dr. Sarah Wolff. Together they tackle a pressing question from a practice manager struggling with maintaining the personal touch in client interactions after transitioning to digital communications. Sarah Wolff, a seasoned veteran of the veterinary field, embarked on her journey inspired by James Herriot's tales. Over her 22-year career, she's navigated every role imaginable in ...
Mar 18, 2024•53 min
This week on the Uncharted Podcast, practice management super nerd, Stephanie Goss invited special guest Bill Schroeder to come discuss something all of our practices should be getting ready for - the big slow down. We know that some clinics still have clients coming out their ears while others are experiencing a very rapid slowing of appointment volume. So many of us have been focusing on hiring and retaining team members to support our case loads that we've put things like marketing, updating ...
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Dr. Andy Roark and practice management super geek, Stephanie Goss are back with another letter from our mailbag. This time a manager writes in who is struggling with communication in her practice. This manager's newish to practice ownership DVM struggles to communicate with the team as a whole. The manager is fielding complaints from the team about the holes in communication. And to make it more challenging, the practice owner's wife is also heavily involved in the practice, despite her lack of ...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr
On this week's episode of the Uncharted Podcast, Dr. Andy Roark and practice management super nerd, Stephanie Goss take on a new kind of mailbag. This time, our listener struggles with writing a recommendation letter but not for the reason you might think. This person cannot stop gushing over their rockstar vet tech and is wondering what even makes for a good recommendation letter in the first place. Together, Andy and Stephanie give their tips for effective recommendation letters and how to pol...
Feb 28, 2024•41 min
This week on the podcast, veterinary practice management super nerd Stephanie Goss gets to dive into another mailbag but this time, with RVT and Manager, Tami Lind. This mailbag comes from an ER Practice Manager who loves how close the team is but is struggling to accommodate giving them time off together. Stephanie and Tami navigate the very difficult world of time off requests and what to do when you simply can't please everyone. Let's get into this... ABOUT OUR GUEST Tami Lind, RVT is current...
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr
This week on the Uncharted Podcast, Dr. Andy Roark is joined by veterinary practice management expert, Dr. Amanda Donnelly and together they tackle another question from the mailbag. In this episode, they take on the challenge of a veterinarian who, despite being exceptional with clients and production, struggles with efficiency in exam rooms, causing a backlog of duties. This backlog bleeds into other doctor's plates, having to have them finish his work yet the practice owner is hesitant to dis...
Feb 14, 2024•50 min
This week on the podcast, Dr. Andy Roark and practice management wiz, Stephanie Goss, tackle the intricacies of performance improvement plans in the veterinary setting that aren't all negative. The traditional approach has been carrot and stick when it comes to performance management. We know that approach is damaging to good culture where there is an environment of self-driven improvement and goals. This time, the mailbag brings us someone from the corporate world who is struggling to find bala...
Feb 07, 2024•59 min
This week on the podcast, Dr. Andy Roark and former practice administrator and veterinary practice management super nerd Stephanie Goss dive into an email they received in the mailbag. A listener of the podcast heard episode 229 where a technician was sure that the team had to be talking behind their back. Andy and Stephanie discussed having self-awareness as a skill in that episode and our listener wanted to know how to handle it when you have a team member or team members who seem to have litt...
Jan 31, 2024•58 min
This week on the podcast, Dr. Andy Roark and practice management super geek, Stephanie Goss are talking about love. Love languages that is. We received an email in the mailbag from a practice owner who loves their team. They have tried acknowledging the hard working individuals in a variety of ways from bonuses to holiday gifts to celebrating during tech week and behind. They feel like nothing they have tried seems to be truly appreciated by the team and they are wondering what they are doing wr...
Jan 24, 2024•52 min
In this week's episode, Dr. Andy Roark is joined by Adam Christman and Louise Dunn to discuss their favorite tips for handling financial conversations. Together they tackle some of the common challenges we face as veterinary professionals and offer various resources to make sure we're keeping care accessible. They both offer insight into effective team training as well as the importance of creating a special veterinary experience for your clients. Let's get into this episode! This episode is bro...
Jan 22, 2024•24 min
This week on the podcast, Dr. Andy Roark and practice manager Stephanie Goss are in the mailbag to tackle an email from a member of a hospital leadership team who is worried they have a narcissist on the team and it doesn't seem like the practice owner is willing to deal with the behavior from this person or get rid of them. The team is dropping like flies as a result of naughty behavior from this team member and this leader is wondering what they can do to help in this situation. Let's get into...
Jan 17, 2024•47 min
This week on the Uncharted Veterinary Podcast, Stephanie Goss and her special guest co-host, Maria Pirita, CVPM dive into a discussion about how to navigate the tricky waters when you go from being friends and a part of the team to being their boss. In this case, the new practice manager is facing an even more uphill battle because they aren't quite sure that the practice owner has their back. The team sides with decisions the old practice manager would have made and if the practice owner doesn'...
Jan 10, 2024•1 hr 8 min
This week on the podcast, Dr. Andy Roark and practice manager Stephanie Goss chat about the personal and professional challenges faced by a new veterinarian who started working at a practice where she previously functioned as a technician. They dive deep into how behaviors and perceptions from her past role have affected her current role, leading to conflicts of priority and time management. Andy and Stephanie walk through their thoughts on how to establish boundaries, leverage teamwork, and han...
Jan 03, 2024•58 min
This week on the Uncharted Podcast, practice management geek Stephanie Goss takes the reins and invites her close friends Tyler Grogan, CVT - Director of Creative Marketing at Uncharted and Eric Garcia, CEO of Simply Done Tech Solutions to cohost the episode. In case you haven't heard Tyler and/or Eric on the podcast before, you are in for a treat. Tyler Grogan is a Certified Veterinary Technician with experience in specialty, emergency and general practice. A total Hufflepuff and Scrabble enthu...
Dec 27, 2023•1 hr 13 min
On this week's episode, Dr. Andy Roark and veterinary practice management nerd Stephanie Goss look back at the past year and talk about some of the the leadership lessons they've learned. Together they discuss learning to lean into the uncomfortable things, how learning to have patience is key as a leader and how slowing down is sometimes necessary when you want your team to eventually get faster. Let's get into this episode.... COME TO GREENVILLE WITH US ONE LAST TIME BEFORE WE HEAD OUT INTO UN...
Dec 20, 2023•1 hr 10 min
This week on the Uncharted Podcast, practice management geek Stephanie Goss has invited her friend and a shining light in vetmed in Dr. Molly McAllister to join her on the podcast. Molly is currently the Chief Medical Officer for Mars Veterinary Health (MVH) and is driven by her passion for preventive health and the development of future leaders in the veterinary profession. As chief medical officer, she ensures the culture, strategy, talent and tools are in place to consistently deliver excelle...
Dec 13, 2023•55 min
Dr. Erica Pounds joins Dr. Andy Roark to answer a question about if, when, and how discipline and disciplinary actions should be systematized across practices in a multi-site organization. Is it fair that some people have stricter managers than others? Should everyone in every location expect the same response if they come up short in an important way? Let's get into this! ABOUT OUR GUEST: My name is Dr. Erica Pounds, and I am an Area Chief of Staff for Banfield Pet Hospital in the Tennessee Mar...
Dec 06, 2023•57 min
This week on the Uncharted Podcast, Dr Andy Roark and practice management super geek, Stephanie Goss, tackle another awesome submission to the Uncharted Podcast mailbag. This week's email comes from a practice owner who has babies everywhere at their practice! They have experienced maternity leave before on the team but that was one person at a time. They are currently juggling 4 people on a small team of less than 15 who are out on leave or going out on leave in the next few months. Plus they h...
Nov 29, 2023•1 hr 4 min
This week on the Uncharted Podcast, practice management super nerd, Stephanie Goss, is joined by a very special guest co-host. Debbie Boone, CVPM joins the podcast again, this time to discuss a topic near and dear to Stephanie's heart - the art of client care. For those of you who haven't met Debbie, let us introduce her. Debbie is a CVPM and Fear FreeSM Certified. She has worked for the veterinary profession for more than 35 years. Debbie's business, 2 Manage Vets Consulting, helps practices de...
Nov 22, 2023•55 min
This week on the Uncharted Podcast, Dr Andy Roark and practice management super geek, Stephanie Goss, tackle another awesome submission to the Uncharted Podcast mailbag. This week's email comes from a practice owner who is trying to wrap their brain around the varying degrees of "burn out" being discussed/felt by their team. It seems like there is no burnout profile that fits everyone on the team who is feeling that way. So this practice owner is asking Andy and Stephanie to walk through the con...
Nov 15, 2023•1 hr 6 min
