Many veterinary professionals enter the profession of veterinary medicine from an internal drive to help pets and the strong connection related to the human animal bond. What they find is a path that often has them leading and managing others in order to live their passion. An area of training in which many have not taken the time nor had the opportunity to develop. This presentation takes the audience through a high-level overview of what it means to be a leader. It covers the 6 basic steps allowing each of us to become the collaborative leader in which is required in order to live out and connect with our passion of honoring the beauty that is the Human-Animal-Bond.