UVP 163 - How Do I Keep Client Negativity from Impacting the Team?

This week on the podcast, Dr. Andy Roark and Stephanie Goss are tackling a mailbag letter from a practice manager. The entire world is struggling these days with short tempers, disgruntled with life attitudes, frustrations shared publicly about things that weren’t always so public before. Everyone in veterinary medicine has been impacted by at least one grumpy or short tempered person since this pandemic began - Andy and Stephanie both certainly understood where this manager was coming from. Their question is - when the team handles frustrated people day after day - how do I keep the negativity from wearing on them? What protocols can this manager put in place to handle clients who are negative or angry to help shield the team from the emotional impact. Let’s get into this… Links: Upcoming events: https://unchartedvet.com/upcoming-events/ Just a few seats left in this awesome class with Dr. Adam Little - you are not going to want to miss this one! Whether responding to a bad review online, confronting misconceptions from Dr. Google, or de-escalating a frustrated client interaction, veterinarians need to be creative and adaptable to a variety of situations. This workshop will focus on group activities that will help participants creatively (and with a bit of humor) address common issues felt in practice. This approach will allow us to build empathy for other stakeholders in the veterinary practice relationship, generate new creative approaches to dealing with these challenges, and work on methods to break down barriers in teams that can paralyze progress. Get comfortable with another way to approach the dreaded “role playing” so you can confidently lead your team on creatively and interactively brainstorming what to say and how to say it in those uncomfortable or uncommon situations! https://unchartedvet.com/product/what-vet-med-can-learn-from-improv/ April Uncharted Veterinary Conference: https://unchartedvet.com/uvvc2021/ All Links: https://linktr.ee/UnchartedVet Got a question for the mailbag? Submit it here: unchartedvet.com/mailbag