Dr. Feutz suggests veterinarians can and should be leaders in their workplace, even as associates. The materials developed by the 2011-2012 Future Leaders will help recent graduates learn how to lead at work and to enhance their interactions with colleagues and clients.
Enhancing your leadership roles at work can help you in your career, and can strengthen your work team’s efficiency and your business.
Discussing your leadership journey with a trusted mentor is a great way to cultivate your leadership skills.AAHA has excellent resources within their Mentorship Toolkit, containing information about establishing and maintaining a mutually beneficial mentoring relationship.
Hear examples of veterinarians leading teams and being team players in their workplaces.
Podcast: Creating a Positive Work Environment
Featuring: Dr. Aubrey Lavizzo, a practice owner in the Denver area and the 2011 Colorado Veterinary Medical Association Veterinarian of the Year.
Podcast: Becoming a Practice Owner
Featuring Drs. Dustin Brown, Abigail Bowers, and John Feutz on recent graduate practice owners, helping to ensure a successful practice.
Title:The Leadership Challenge Author: Jim Kouzes, Barry Posner Description: The Leadership Challenge is a gold standard for research-based leadership and a premier resource on becoming a leader. All of the inaugural AVMA Future Leaders read this book and found it useful in our leadership journey.
Title:Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager Author: Ken Blanchard Description: Realize the power of taking responsibility for your work situations and develop your "self leadership." This book will teach you three techniques to empower you in the workplace.
Title:The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People will Follow You Author: John C. Maxwell Description: The author shares the important lessons learned about leadership over the past 30 years and provides you with useful tips to help guide you toward success in the workplace.
Title:Extraordinary Groups: How Ordinary Teams Achieve Amazing Results Authors: Geoffrey M. Bellman, Kathleen D. Ryan Description: Learn how to maximize productivity of your workforce through teamwork.
Title:Authentic Conversations: Moving from Manipulation to Truth and Commitment Authors: Jamie Showkeir, Maren Showkeir Description: Learn a new way to effectively communicate with your team. This book teaches you how to communicate in such a way that it fosters creativity while creating real accountability for results.
Title:Coaching for Performance: GROWing People, Performance, and Purpose Author: John Whitmore Description: This handbook will help you learn the skills to coach effectively, uniting people under one purpose to improve performance. Here you will find numerous examples to help you get started.
Title:Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time Author: Susan Craig Scott Description: Learn how to effectively challenge yourself to face your fears and have those important conversations that are stalling your career. Sometimes the biggest obstacle to success is yourself and this book will help you challenge yourself to get past this and head toward career fulfillment.
Title:Positivity: Groundbreaking Research Reveals How to Embrace the Hidden Strength of Positive Emotions, Overcome Negativity, and Thrive Author: Barbara Fredrickson Description: This book will give you the tolls to create a healthier, more vibrant, and flourishing life. You will learn to see new possibilities, bounce back from setbacks, and become the best version of yourself.
Title:Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't Author: Jim Collins Description: The Good to Great study shares insights into management strategy and practice and might surprise you.
Title:The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Author: Stephen R. Covey Description: This is a great introductory book with tips for optimizing your best traits, developing weaker traits, and intimately transforming yourself into a highly effective person. This is a must read and a great place to start your leadership development.
Title:Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time Authors: Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz Description: Ferrazzi outlines the timeless strategies shared by the world's most connected individuals, from Katherine Graham to Bill Clinton, Vernon Jordan to the Dalai Lama. Chock full of specific advice on handling rejection, getting past gatekeepers, and becoming a "conference commando."
Title:Negotiate This!: By Caring, But Not T-H-A-T Much Author: Herb Cohen Description: Develop your negotiating skills to help you achieve your goals while remaining true to yourself.
Title: You, Inc.: The Art of Selling Yourself Authors: Harry Beckwith, Christine Clifford Beckwith Description: This book will teach you how to sell your most valuable commodity, yourself. Here you will learn how to thrive in your career.