http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Discipline/Article/list/43452 Tips and solutions for veterinary practice managers for addressing underperformance, unacceptable behavior, absenteeism and other personnel problems 2009-11-21T12:24:28Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/Leaders-who-lose-their-confidence-more-apt-to-lose/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/642635?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 New research shows how feelings of self-worth are tied to workplace behavior. 2009-11-18T05:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/vetec/472009/642635null HTML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/Video-How-to-give-effective-feedback/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/639283?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 Dr. Amanda Donnelly, MBA, shares three tips to making the most of feedback when delegating tasks. 2009-11-04T05:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/vetec/452009/639283/veterinary_donnelly_flash.jpg HTML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/BizQuiz-Do-you-know-the-right-way-to-fire/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/636270?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 You're the boss. Are you prepared to handle this situation? To find out, answer the following questions about the employee termination policy recommended by Mark Opperman, CVPM. 2009-10-23T04:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/vetec/432009/636270null HTML http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/Veterinary+news/Identity-theft-strikes-Ohio-clinic-clients-lose-th/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/632527?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 Kettering, Ohio -- Michæl Rohrer worked at the front desk at Kettering Animal Hospital near Dayton, Ohio, for only a few months when police made the call. 2009-10-01T04:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/dvm/412009/632527null XML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/Female-bosses-are-137-percent-more-likely-to-be-se/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/621747?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 Study shows harassment is less about sex and more about domination. 2009-09-02T04:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/vetec/352009/621747null HTML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/Video-Beat-workplace-bickering/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/612412?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 When team members start backstabbing each other or yelling in the hallways, it's time to take charge. Sheila Grosdidier, RVT, a partner with VMC inc. in Evergreen, Colo., tells you how. Hint: Make THEM work it out. 2009-07-20T04:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/vetec/302009/612412null HTML http://veterinaryteam.dvm360.com/firstline/Veterinary+team/Smoking-idea-left-me-fuming/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/589768?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 The idea that a hospital would condone employees smoking on the clock, leaves one reader fired up. 2009-03-27T04:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/firstline/132009/589768null HTML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/Socially-rejected-employees-often-strike-back/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/584524?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 Those who don't feel accepted by their peers tend to act with hostility toward others. 2009-03-03T05:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/vetec/102009/584524null HTML http://veterinaryteam.dvm360.com/firstline/Veterinary+managers/Sample-Rules-of-conduct/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/584310?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 Download a free disciplinary action outline. 2009-03-02T05:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/firstline/102009/584310null HTML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/Watch-your-computers-for-e-naughtiness/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/584364?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 One-quarter of employees who use computers visit pornographic Web sites. 2009-03-01T05:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/vetec/102009/584364null XML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/Sexual-harassment-stems-from-group-dynamics/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/571775?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 Women are more likely to be harassed when a work group has a similar number of men and women. 2008-12-15T05:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/vetec/512008/571775null HTML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/Bad-bosses-are-bad-for-the-heart/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/570383?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 An overbearing boss may be more than just a daily annoyance. 2008-12-08T05:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/vetec/502008/570383null HTML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/Team-members-with-too-many-pets/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/558442?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 The number of pets isn't necessarily the issue. It's employees' ability to care for them that can damage workplace harmony. 2008-10-13T04:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/vetec/422008/558442/veterinary_many_pets_dvm360_flash.jpg HTML http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/Veterinary+business/Tackling-turnover/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/533183?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 Lakewood, Colo. — Associate veterinarians are jumping jobs faster than the average American worker, according to a new study, and salaries that don't keep pace with inflation could be partly to blame. 2008-08-01T04:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/dvm/312008/533183null XML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/Three-strikes-youre-out/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/386114?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 No one likes to fire people. But if you don't get rid of that problem employee, you're putting the good ones at risk. Take this approach to make this necessary evil as painless as possible. 2008-07-02T04:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/vetec/462006/386114null XML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/A-good-boss-lets-bad-eggs-go/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/485089?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 You show consistency as a boss and respect for your top employees when you terminate someone who needs to go. 2008-01-01T05:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/vetec/032008/485089/veterinary_bad_egg_own_flash.jpg XML http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/Veterinary+business/Communicate-first-discipline-second/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/475623?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 As various associations adopt guidelines or standards of care for the practice of veterinary medicine, a concern exists that they will be interpreted as current standards of practice by state regulatory boards and the attorneys general who represent them before they have been accepted by the masses. 2007-11-01T04:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/dvm/482007/475623null XML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/Dont-get-tangled-in-the-Web/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/396721?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 Avoid sticky liability issues, and make sure your team knows what you expect when they navigate the 'Net. 2007-01-01T05:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/vetec/022007/396721/dontget_flash.jpg XML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Web+Exclusives/Employee-warning-notice/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/384410?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 Use this form to document verbal warnings when you're disciplining employees. 2006-10-01T04:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/vetec/452006/384410null PDF http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Law+and+Ethics/Avoiding-an-age-discrimination-suit/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/333630?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 A longtime staff member who's in her late 50s is having trouble learning our new computerized billing system. We don't want to fire her, but we need to replace her with someone who can handle our new technology. If we asked her to retire, would we risk an age-discrimination suit? 2006-06-01T04:00:00Z http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/data/articlestandard/vetec/232006/333630null XML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/Warning-fire-ahead/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/313034?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 How many warnings should I give, and when should I fire someone? 2006-03-01T05:00:00Z XML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Click+%26+Copy/Take-action-with-a-warning-notice/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/279866?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 Take these steps to document poor performance. 2006-01-01T05:00:00Z XML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/Controlling-unauthorized-overtime/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/279853?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 I have an employee who regularly stays for overtime that I haven't authorized. My attorney says I have to pay her for the time, even though I didn't schedule it. What can I do to keep team members from working unapproved overtime? 2006-01-01T05:00:00Z XML http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Personnel+Solutions/Stop-complaining-about-negative-team-members-and-s/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/148293?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 Let's solve your morale problem by just firing all the unhappy people. Think that sounds rash? The truth is you have nothing to gain from keeping them around. You can't change them. Yes, you can require certain behaviors, such as being on time, doing their jobs, or developing proficient skills or knowledge. But a lot of people simply have a rotten, negative attitude, and there isn't much you or anyone else can do to change that. 2005-03-01T05:00:00Z XML http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/Veterinary+business/Create-a-plan-for-employee-discipline/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/102276?contextCategoryId=43452&ref=25 Several years ago I attended a seminar entitled "Employee Discipline and Performance Mistakes." Afterwards, I wrote up a simple, step-by-step plan for dealing with common employee discipline problems, like tardiness, not following the dress code or standards of conduct, failing to compete tasks or checklists. 2004-07-01T04:00:00Z HTML