Working from home does not just mean employees must adjust to a new work environment. It also means they must build a new skill set to nurture trust, optimize productivity, and foster a sense of community. As a leader, empowering your team is among your most important...

If you’re a lawyer, the most important thing you need to know about law firm business development is that you don’t know much about law firm business development. Lawyers, after all, are trained to practice law, not manage a business. If you want your business to grow...

When an attorney opens their own firm, their goal is to practice law. However, they also inherit many other hats including manager, HR coordinator, marketing specialist, financial analyst, and more. Not only is taking on all of these roles untenable, but it is not...

If you’ve followed business news as the pandemic has unfolded, you’ve no doubt noticed the steady stream of articles claiming the 9-to-5 workday is dead, offices are obsolete, and remote work is the new norm. All too often, such articles are flimsy pieces of...

If there is one innovation that defines how the business landscape has changed in the last fifty years it is data. Big data runs the world. It is a singular influence in politics, a juggernaut in marketing, and the most valuable commodity on the planet. Naturally,...

If there is a human driver that supersedes professional success, personal growth, and even family, it is the desire to belong. Community, after all, is a survival mechanism, and survival is every living creature’s deepest instinct. Human beings build community through...

New Year’s resolutions are a waste of time. Yes, that’s a bold statement to make in January but the fact is, it’s true. Why? Because only 8% of people deliver on their self-made promises. Investing in a project that will fail more than nine times out of ten is bad...

If reading that title caused your blood pressure to spike, this article was written for you. Lawyers, especially those aspiring to run top tier firms, hate being told they’re to blame for, well, anything. But here’s a secret: anyone who has made it to the top hasn’t...

Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you’ve made it to the end of 2020 and if you’re looking for law firm business development advice, your firm has, too. In all earnestness, that in itself is a major accomplishment. After all, nearly half of the largest 100 law...