419 - I'm a Veterinary Team Lead, Where Do I Go From Here?

You love teaching your team and staying hands on with patients, but every veterinary career path in front of you seems to run straight through the practice manager's office, and you're not convinced that's where you belong. In this episode, Maria Pirita, CVPM sits down with Elizabeth Stark, CVT, FVTE, MBA, founder of Vet Raft Solutions, to answer a mailbag from a veterinary team lead facing exactly that crossroads. Together they unpack why "management or nothing" has become the default veterinary career path narrative in this profession, the real difference between formal and informal leadership, and what a lateral, education-focused practice manager career path alternative can actually look like.