The comparison between decision-making in sports and business has its limits. Still, for animal health pros leading and working with employees, staff, colleagues and clients, this self-management article is worth your time and consideration.
Top coaches combine disciplined preparation with emotional control and social awareness during crunch time, then embrace accountability and continually improve their systems afterward. They normalize being wrong. Top coaches are remarkably comfortable acknowledging when choices lead to failure and are deliberate to ensure that any damaged relationships are fully restored to health.
Source: Harvard Business Review, July-August, 2026. Link.
INSIGHTS: We correlated coach decision scenarios to real-life veterinary team experiences when reviewing this article, such as:
- Power goes out mid-surgery
- Sedative wears off during field-based equine castration
- Clients who lose their cool and disrupt other clients and staff
- Cow kicks through the chute and lies down
- Veterinary nurse goes into labor during a shift
Take a deep breath. You’ve got this!”
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