by Molly McGrath | Mar 8, 2023 | Coaching for Lawyers, Employee Engagement, Leadership
Picture an employee on the verge of burnout (which shouldn’t be too hard to do considering today’s working climate). What do you see? An overworked, run-down, disengaged shell of the person you hired? A scattered, erratic, and increasingly bitter former team player?...
by Molly McGrath | Nov 8, 2022 | Employee Engagement, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development, Passion
If I had a dollar for every time an attorney told me how much they wish their team cared as much about their firm as they do, well, let’s just say I wouldn’t be writing this blog (or working at all!). Nurturing that entrepreneurial drive in a team—no matter how...
by Molly McGrath | Nov 2, 2022 | Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development
Nothing has the ability to grab a business owner’s attention more than money—or, more specifically, the lack of. When law firm growth slows down at the same time expenses begin to rise, the first thing attorneys do is wonder how they got there. Then they’ll start...
by Molly McGrath | Oct 19, 2022 | Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development
I’ve worked with thousands of attorneys in my career and nearly without exception, all have said that the hardest part about running a law firm is retaining an engaged team. Weird? Well, not really when you consider that lawyers are trained to practice law, not...
by Molly McGrath | Oct 11, 2022 | Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development
There are 600,000 more open jobs available today than there were at the end of 2021. That’s right: 11.5 million jobs are just waiting to be filled right now, compared to 10.9 million at the end of the 2021, and 6.7 million at the end of 2019—our last “normal” year....
by Molly McGrath | Oct 3, 2022 | Coaching for Lawyers, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Increasing Business, Law Firm Business Development, Leadership, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development, Personal Growth
You don’t become an attorney without a healthy dose of ambition, which is why so many in the profession suffer when they hit their mid-career slump. You studied, stressed, and ultimately survived law school. You passed the bar, waded into the sharky waters of the job...
