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Proper praise for a flourishing team environment

Downtown Charlotte, NC

In a dvm360® interview, Fetch Charlotte faculty member Andi Davison, BA, BS, LVT, CAPP, outlines how to offer proper praise and its benefits

In this dvm360® interview, faculty member Andi Davison, BS, BA, LVT, CAPP, positive change agent with Flourish Veterinary Consulting, shares tools on using proper praise to build "superhero" team members.

The following is a partial transcript of the video.

Andi Davison, BS, BA, LVT, CAPP: Praise is something we all come in contact with every day. We deliver praise, we receive praise, and it's actually a really important factor to helping us develop a growth mindset.


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