by Molly McGrath | Jul 19, 2022 | Coaching for Lawyers, Communication, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Law Firm Business Development, Law Firm Staffing, Personal Growth, Team Empowerment, Team Training
Human beings are no good at long-term planning. If the record temperatures consuming Europe weren’t ample proof of this, the fact that only one-third of U.S. adults have an estate plan certainly is. We are simply a species hard-wired to survive the day, not the...
by Molly McGrath | Jul 12, 2022 | Communication, Employee Benefits Strategy, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Law Firm Staffing, Personal Growth, Team Empowerment
Great employees aren’t being poached by bigger, badder firms offering bigger, badder salaries or “Cadillac” benefits. They’re not overwhelmed by their to-do lists or workloads. They’re leaving because YOU—the attorney—are not holding up...
by Molly McGrath | Jun 29, 2022 | Communication, Decreasing Stress, Employee Engagement, Increasing Business, Law Firm Staffing, Passion, Personal Growth, Team Empowerment
Procrastination. We all do it. As a busy attorney, you tend with looming client deadlines (and demands), a line of staff outside your door delegating back up to you, and a family waiting at home for you to show up before 6 pm. Understandably, you need your time to...
by Molly McGrath | May 28, 2022 | Communication, Employee Benefits Strategy, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Hiring & Firing, Law Firm Staffing, Passion, Team Empowerment
Unlimited paid time off (PTO), like unlimited brownies or all-you-can-eat bar food sounds like an amazing idea but in practice often yields unwanted consequences. Did you eat your body weight in buffalo wings last night? I’m sure that was fun but I’d bet a kidney...
by Molly McGrath | Apr 20, 2022 | Employee Engagement, Hiring, Hiring & Firing, Law Firm Business Development, Law Firm Staffing, Team Empowerment, Team Training
The cost of a bad hire isn’t quite on par with that of marrying the wrong person but it’s close. Bringing a new employee onboard means investing in a new relationship and when things go south both tangible and intangible resources are wasted. According to the U.S....
by Molly McGrath | Feb 23, 2022 | Employee Retention, Law Firm Staffing, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development
As Covid-19 numbers decrease and governments begin to tepidly reduce restrictions worldwide, it can be easy to assume that the many issues originating from the pandemic are beginning to ease. This may be true in certain cases, but where the staffing crisis is...