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Individual Development: Overview

Writer Anaïs Nin said, "We don't see things as they are; we see things as we are." In order influence and lead others, you must first cultivate your own self awareness and understand "why you do what you do.” In this section, you will find tools, assessments, and articles geared towards helping you discover your strengths, beliefs and perceptions and how they shape your reality.

Resources

Compassion Fatigue: Continuing to Give When the Well Runs Dry
On Target: AIM for Your Best and Brightest Future
Is Practice Ownership in Your Future?
Self-Care Planning
Setting SMART Goals
The Road to Optimism
“Trust Me!”
The Jury is In: Considering the Case for Emotional Intelligence
An Alternate Career for DVMs
What Are You Afraid Of?
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Articles

Compassion Fatigue: Continuing to Give When the Well Runs Dry
In workshops, retreats, and CE events where I help others understand compassion fatigue, I commonly hear stories about veterinarians or staff members who are emotionally, physically, spiritually, and...
A New Veterinary Technician’s Survival Guide
While working to train the world’s up-and-coming veterinary technology students, I realized that it has been a long time since I was in their place. For the seasoned technicians reading this,...
On Target: AIM for Your Best and Brightest Future
It’s Monday morning and you’re having trouble getting ready for work. Each week seems to start this way, and all the days, weeks, and months run together. Your initial enthusiasm for work...
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Blogs

Now We Know What Keeps Them Up at Night
In my previous blog, I wrote about the importance of asking your employees to identify what keeps them up at night. The question was posed to VHMA members in a series of surveys known as “The...
Mentoring is a Two-Way Street
The mentoring process is much more than a senior member helping a junior member. It is a relationship between colleagues in which the experienced member lends his or her expertise to the proté...
Where Are You Headed?
There are many different options for employment out there for veterinary technicians. As we mentioned last time, you may work for a lab, a zoo, an industry partner, a wildlife refuge, a university,...