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Next Steps: Moving into Management
Stepping into your first management role can be exciting, challenging, and transformative. Next Steps: Moving into Management is a dedicated, one day CPD event designed to help veterinary professionals build the confidence, clarity, and core leadership skills needed to thrive in early management positions.
What is the day about?
Part of the RCVS Next Steps initiative, this event offers practical guidance, peer-to-peer learning, structured reflection, and professional coaching to support veterinary professionals transitioning into supervisory or managerial roles for the first time.
You’ll connect with RCVS teams, explore real-world challenges with colleagues across the professions, and take part in in-depth coaching sessions led by Dr Sarah Coope, an experienced executive coach and former GP with extensive expertise in leadership, communication, and wellbeing within clinical settings.
What you'll get from the day
- A grounding in the core principles of leadership in clinical environments
- Clarity on expectations, responsibilities, and potential pitfalls for new managers
- Space to reflect on your own leadership style and development needs
- Support in designing your personal leadership development plan
- Practical coaching on communication, mindset and managing people
- Opportunities to network with peers in similar roles
- A structured CPD plan with SMART goals that align to your role, personal needs, and long-term development
- Access to RCVS teams for personalised advice (Academy, Education, Registration, MMI, Standards & Advice, Veterinary Nursing)
Who is this for?
Veterinary professionals taking on their first supervisory or management role, or those preparing to step into leadership for the first time.
Learning objectives
1
Describe the core principles
of effective veterinary team leadership and management
2
Identify key responsibilities and expectations
of first‑time managers
3
Create a personal development plan
that supports growth in leadership and management skills
Session speaker:
Coaching Session Learning Objectives: By the end of the session, delegates will be able to
1
Describe the three roles of the Drama Triangle
and recognise how these patterns can arise within veterinary team settings, particularly in situations of high responsibility or pressure
2
Apply core coaching techniques
including open questioning, reflective listening and supporting accountability-to everyday conversations, demonstrating how a coaching approach can help reduce rescuing behaviours and empower colleagues
3
Analyse a current leadership or team scenario
to identify where Drama Triangle dynamics may be influencing their response, and evaluate practical steps that support healthier boundaries, reduce unnecessary stress and promote a collaborative, resilient team culture
Programme
Ticket price:
Early Bird: £50
For those who book six plus weeks ahead (17/03 – 30/03 inclusive)
Standard: £80
For those booking fewer than six weeks ahead (31/03 – close of sales)
FAQs
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding this event, or if you have booked a place and can no longer attend, pleaseemail the RCVS Events Team: [email protected].
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