Leadership in Veterinary Medicine Without the BS
You don’t need to care more. You already care deeply.
You need better tools, clearer systems, and leadership training that actually works in real veterinary hospitals.
We’re helping veterinary professionals stop carrying leadership along and start building teams that function, communicate, and stay.
VetMed doesn’t have a “toxic people” problem. It has a leadership systems problem.
In fact, 92% of aspiring veterinary leaders rate their leadership knowledge as "basic."
This is because:
Good people are promoted without training
Managers are expected to fix everything
Conflict is avoided
Burnout spreads
Turnover becomes normal
And everyone quietly assumes this is just “how VetMed is.”
It’s not.
It’s what happens when leadership is never actually taught.
WHAT I BELIEVE
Most veterinary professionals are not difficult. They’re unsupported
Culture doesn’t change through vibes. It changes through behavior.
Psychological safety and accountability are not opposites.
Leadership is a skillset, not a personality trait.
You don’t fix people. You fix the system.
And when leadership works, everything else gets lighter.
WHAT I DO
My work focuses on:
How leaders behave under pressure
How systems shape culture
How clarity replaces burnout
How teams learn to trust again
I retrain leadership in veterinary medicine
Not theoretically. Not motivationally.
Structurally.
This work lives in Three Places ⬇️
Pathways Into The Work
SPEAKING
For conferences, organizations, and leadership teams ready for clarity.
Keynotes and workshops that challenge outdated leadership norms and give people tools they can actually use.
CLARITY
A 12-week leadership development program for veterinary professionals who lead people and want to do it well.
This is not management training.
This is leadership re-training.
CONSULTING & FACILITATION
For Practices and organizations ready for deeper structural change.
Mission, operating principles, leadership alignment, and culture implementation that sticks.
About Suzanne
I’m Suzanne Thomas, a credentialed veterinary technologist (New York and New Jersey) with over 15 years in clinical, operational, and leadership roles in veterinary medicine.
I’ve worked in hospitals. I’ve led teams. I’ve burned out. I’ve rebuilt.
I created Leading Veterinary Teams because veterinary medicine deserves leadership training that reflects reality, not corporate templates or “feel-good” advice.
If someone misunderstood my work, they might think it’s theoretical.
It’s not.
It’s built for the hospital you’re sitting in right now, for the hospital you are walking into tomorrow.
When Training Isn’t Enough
Some leadership challenges can’t be solved with a workshop or a keynote.
I work with veterinary organizations that need structural clarity, not more motivation. This includes leadership alignment, operating principles, accountability systems, and culture implementation that actually sticks.
This work is for organizations ready to stop carrying leadership on individual shoulders and start building systems that support people instead of draining them.
What People Are Saying
Veterinary Professionals across roles trust this work because it respects their reality. From technicians to doctors to executives, the feedback is consistent:
“This finally put words and structure to what I’ve been feeling for years”