by Molly McGrath | Apr 30, 2019 | Hiring, Hiring & Firing, Leadership, Team Empowerment, Team Training
The unemployment rate is about as low as it’s ever been, holding steady at 3.8% throughout February and March. For employees, this is great news! For the U.S. economy, even better! But for your boutique law firm? Scary. In an economic climate that is so conducive to...
by Molly McGrath | Apr 16, 2019 | Hiring, Hiring & Firing, Increasing Business
“This resume is totally unqualified, why are you sending me this candidate?” In our 20+ years in the legal recruiting and staffing industry, we’ve heard this question a lot—most recently about a week ago. The attorney we were working with wanted to hire a paralegal...
by Molly McGrath | Jan 23, 2019 | Communication, Hiring, Hiring & Firing, Leadership, Team Empowerment, Team Training
No two leaders are the same. Two leaders can be equally amazing, even though they have completely different sets of personality traits and professional talents. In fact, being an amazing leader isn’t derived from personality traits or professional talents (though...
by Molly McGrath | Nov 14, 2018 | Communication, Decreasing Stress, Hiring, Hiring & Firing, Increasing Business, Leadership, Systems, Team Empowerment, Team Training
If you are micromanaging your employees, please stop! Now. It is literally debilitating to your law firm or business. Micromanagement prevents your business from evolving with the times. It thwarts innovation. It pushes strong team members out the door, hinders...
by Molly McGrath | Nov 5, 2018 | Hiring, Hiring & Firing, Increasing Business, Team Empowerment, Team Training
Losing an employee is expensive. The process of finding and training a replacement can cost twice as much as your former employee’s salary. Then, once your new hire is properly trained and onboarded, keeping them engaged and loyal is the next challenge. And it’s a big...
by Molly McGrath | Oct 24, 2018 | Communication, Hiring, Hiring & Firing, Leadership, Systems, Team Empowerment
Attorneys, listen up. This may comes as a surprise, but your employees do not need your paycheck. Your old war cry of, “It’s so hard to find good help,” has shifted dramatically in favor of employees. Now you may find yourself crying, “It’s so hard to find ANY...
