Course curriculum

    1. Taking Out the Trash: How to Deal with Poor Performance

    2. Performance Review Toolkit

    3. Taking Out the Trash – Quiz

About this course

  • $45.00
  • 3 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

About this Webinar

Dealing with underperformance is one of the hardest parts of veterinary leadership, but avoiding it quietly damages morale, accountability, and culture across the whole clinic. In this practical webinar, Dr Dave Nicol shares a clear framework for identifying poor performance, having difficult conversations, supporting team growth, and making confident leadership decisions to build a stronger, healthier team.

What You'll Learn

In this 60-minute webinar, Dr Dave Nicol shares a practical leadership framework to help you address underperformance directly, strengthen accountability, and build a healthier team culture.

  • How to build a stronger culture of accountability and high performance

  • How to identify the real causes of underperformance in your team

  • How to have difficult conversations with clarity and confidence

What You'll Get

Alongside the live session, you will receive the Taking Out the Trash Leadership Workbook - a practical implementation guide designed to help you apply these leadership principles inside your own practice.

  • The Taking Out the Trash Leadership Workbook

  • Practical tools for diagnosing and addressing poor performance

  • Conversation frameworks and exercises to strengthen accountability and culture

Meet your instructor

Founder & CEO Dr Dave Nicol

Dr. Dave Nicol is a veterinary leadership expert with over 20 years of experience running successful, values-led veterinary practices. He is the owner of Roundwood Vets and the founder and CEO of the Veterinary Leadership Academy, all built with culture, clarity, and sustainability at their core. Dave has coached hundreds of veterinary leaders around the world, written three books including So You’re A Vet… Now What?, and hosts two of the profession’s longest-running podcasts. He was voted VMX Practice Management Speaker of the Year in both 2019 and 2024.

What leaders say about learning with Dr. Dave

“Very funny, engaging, and charismatic. Information was extremely helpful and will be put into practice.”

“Amazing speaker. Fun and informative all in one.”

“Absolutely fantastic speaker. Engaging and fun. Have loved all of his lectures!”