VMG announces new leadership webinar series
VMG director Chris White will be leading the webinars.
A new series of webinars looking at practice leadership has been launched by the Veterinary Management Group (VMG).
The webinars will be led by VMG director Chris White, founder of Mongrel Consulting - Pawsitive People, a company that provides training, mentoring, and leadership development for veterinary practices.
Each of the live webinars will be one hour long and recordings will be available on the VMG’s YouTube channel.
The series has been created as part of the VMG’s response to leadership knowledge gaps identified in the organisation’s first ‘The State of Veterinary Leadership’ report.
The report, which was launched at VMG’s 2024 Congress, found that 34 per cent of the 413 respondents rated their leadership knowledge and skills as ‘basic’, while just one per cent described them as ‘excellent’. In response, the VMG has committed to raising standards of veterinary leadership over the next five years.
The first set of webinars will be centred around the theme of strategic planning, a topic that the report found was one of the least understood.
The first session, to be held on 31 October, will look at strategic analysis. The second session, on 28 November, will focus on strategic planning, and the third, on 19 December, will tackle strategy implementation.
Mr White said: “A well-crafted strategic plan is essential to guide your practice toward long-term success, sustained growth, and profitability. Every practice is unique, so your plan should reflect your current position and specific goals.
“During the webinars, I’ll break down the fundamentals of strategic analysis and planning, providing practical tools to benchmark where your practice is now and create a roadmap to help get it where you want it to be.”
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