Workplace Anxiety Help: Managing the Return to Office
Communication
June 9, 2021
Restaurants have reopened, concerts are back, businesses are bidding employees return to the office and, if you’re like most, you’re feeling mixed emotions at best about the whole thing. After more than a year of dutifully wearing a mask and maintaining social distance, it is hard to relax into the easing of these restrictions and what’s worse, doing so only represents the tip of the anxiety iceberg that accompanies the return to normalcy.
Legal Hiring Process Tips to Attract and Keep Talent
Communication
November 19, 2020
It’s a dizzying reality that even now, the legal hiring process remains an employee’s market. Despite daily headlines warning of economic downturns, job seekers still hold the power. Candidates today have a wealth of opportunities at their fingertips—so many, in fact, that they can afford to be selective. The “just be lucky to have a […]
Law Firm Employee Engagement Tactics That Boost Retention
Communication
November 12, 2020
Employee engagement is really important during Covid-19, especially for successful law firms. When employees feel like they are apart of a team, it helps increase productivity and happiness.
Client Hesitation: How to Turn “Let Me Think About It” Around
Communication
July 1, 2020
“Let me think about it” is the dating equivalent of “It was great to meet you! (Full stop).” Both mean you likely won’t be hearing from the person again. In dating, this means back to #swipelife; in business, where pushing the point isn’t utterly uncool, you might yet save the sale—but only if you know which questions to ask.
Racial Justice in the Workplace: Take Meaningful Action
Communication
June 11, 2020
The protests sparked by the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery—amongst others—provide the US an opportunity to reckon with its long history of racial oppression. Black Americans and their many allies are peacefully—yes, peacefully—demanding we awaken to the fact that racial inequality is all-too-often enforced by the very institutions purporting to protect communities from violence, namely police departments and the governments which fund them.
Employee Raise Request: How to Handle It Effectively
Communication
April 7, 2020
Let’s just pretend for a minute that the world’s financial markets aren’t being brought to a shuddering halt by a global pandemic. Because, if an employee is asking for a raise right now they are either severely overworked and deserving or trying to find the proverbial door of opportunity. Yes, people are doing crazy things but let’s just set that all aside for now. Imagine life is normal. One day it will be, and the prep you do now will help you get ahead then.