I’m Jennifer Evans, The Veterinary Optimist. I’ve spent over 20 years dedicated to veterinary medicine. This profession is beautiful, meaningful and often brings fatigue, heartache, and challenges.
This podcast exists to inspire and empower those who work in, love, and support veterinary medicine and animal welfare through servant leadership and storytelling.
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Season 3 is starting off with a BANG! Laura Olsen is a purpose-driven Executive Coach that helps leaders unlock their highest potential. She comes to the table with over 20 years of business and executive leadership experience in animal and human health, including positions in three Fortune 500 companies, Zoetis, Pfizer, and Novartis. She is known for being a passionate and authentic leader committed to delivering exceptional business results in an empathetic and inclusive way. In this fantastic episode Laura talks about why being agile and resilient is so important in our profession. She also dives into her thoughts on leading with compassion and empathy. This is an episode you don't want to miss. If you haven't yet, go give The Veterinary Optimist a like and a follow!
Season 2 Finale! Listen in this fantastic episode featuring Modern Animal CMO, Dr Christie Long, DVM. We cover everything from switching careers, spiritual signs, how to overcome adversities and what led her to Modern Animal.
Join us for this 2 part special season finale! Listen, Like and Share Part 1 of Season 2 Finale of The Veterinary Optimist!I was lucky enough to sit down with Modern Animal for a 2 part special. In this episode, Steven Eidelman, CEO and Founder, and I sit down to discuss where Modern Animal began. We chat about future plans and even unexpected lessons learned along the way. This conversation is a very honest point of view from a very intentional leader and a great listen! Thanks to all that made this journey possible. Modern Animal, like all of us, doesn't have all the magical answers for this amazing profession we work in, but they care about their people and they are working hard to be the best for their team, clients and the future of Vet Med.
Listen in as Dr. Adolph and I talk about what feels different about vet med post covid. We dive deep into topics like inflation, workload and team culture. Thanks to Chris for being a reoccurring guest on TVO. We love having you on.
