Law Firm Admin Bootcamp: Unlock Growth and Efficiency
August 24, 2022
Actions speak louder than words and so while no attorney will admit that they’re afraid of growth, plenty display this fear in the ways they act (or fail to do so). Growth requires a leap of faith, after all, and not everyone is confident enough to jump. You don’t gain a competitive advantage by sitting idly but by doing upfront work that only later translates into increased productivity.
Motivating Law Firm Teams with Admin Bootcamp
August 18, 2022
If there’s one characteristic every employee needs, regardless of their duty, it’s intrinsic motivation. When your team is as driven as you are, untold success is at your fingertips. The issue, of course, is that building such a team doesn’t come easy. It takes planning and, crucially, time—and if you’re like every attorney out there, you haven’t got much of the latter to spare.
Cost-Plus Legal Strategy: A Smarter Way to Grow Your Firm
July 19, 2022
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 has an estate plan certainly is. We are simply a species hard-wired to survive the day, not the decade, and while this is natural, it’s also costly. What are you losing by not sending your employees to our Law Firm Admin Bootcamp for proper training? What is it costing you to not shell out a little extra for top talent? What is lost when you blow a referral by failing to stay on top of our email? The answer is: you don’t even want to know.
Employee Retention in Law Firms: Why Great Staff Leave
July 12, 2022
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 YOUR end of the bargain.
Procrastination in Law Firms: How to Break the Cycle
June 29, 2022
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 space out and unplug. But is it worth it?
Variable Pay Strategies to Boost Work Motivation
May 18, 2022
If HR specialists were alchemists, their philosopher’s stone would be work motivation. Unlocking the secret to limitless engagement and productivity is the ultimate dream and ambition of anyone in the hiring business and yet, of course, there’s no easy recipe. Creating a motivated workplace isn’t quite as difficult as unlocking the key to eternal life, but it can sometimes feel close. Small businesses feel the impact of employee turnover or underperformance in acute ways and yet are limited by having fewer resources than their big-league counterparts. Luckily, strategies exist that allow them to punch far above their weight and compete for top market talent. Variable pay is one example.