Congratulations to Kirstie Jones RVN, Jo Stevenson RVN and Sarah Wyatt RVN, who have all achieved the Veterinary Management Group's new Award in Leadership and Management (AVLM) qualification. 

Kirsty, who works at Nordhealth, Jo, Practice Manager at Stroud Road Vets, and Sarah, Practice Manager at Hale Veterinary Group, have all decided to work towards the Certificate (CVLM), after which they will be eligible to study for the final stage, the Diploma (DVLM). 

The AVLM awardees studied four topics: leadership theories and leadership styles, motivation and reward, emotional intelligence and personal development planning. 

As they embark on their Certificate, the next module will look at their organisations, examining brand, vision, mission and purpose.

After this they can take two further optional modules from a list of 15, with the aim of completing the Certificate in Summer 2022. 

Another successful candidate was Mike Kitchen, Business Manager of the German Veterinary Clinic in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

He said: “The knowledge I have gained has already helped me to identify improvement opportunities and apply some new ideas and strategies that will support the team and further enhance our working environment.”

Course Director Dr Hannah Perrin said: "We’re so proud of our first AVLMs. We congratulate them on their achievement and hope they will enjoy putting what they’ve learned into practice in their workplace and look forward to supporting them as they take their next steps towards the Certificate.” 

The September cohort has just started the course, and the next intake will begin studying in April 2022.  More information is available at: www.vetmg.com/cvlm. 

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