by Molly McGrath | Feb 13, 2016 | Communication, Leadership, Systems
We have an ongoing discussion about the blessing and curse of being a leader. We’ve discussed how necessary leadership is to any growing company, and how it can be overwhelming for a leader to balance the needs of the team with their own. We’ve shared how...
by Molly McGrath | Oct 17, 2015 | Communication, Systems, Team Training
“We haven’t started marketing to get the phone to ring because I’m waiting on the attorney to approve the brochure color.” “We still haven’t hired a p/t helper to add leads to our newsletter because the attorney hasn’t...
by Molly McGrath | Oct 7, 2015 | Decreasing Stress, Hiring & Firing, Leadership, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development, Systems, Team Training
One of the most common requests we get from bosses is for our help in getting their team to receive constructive criticism. They want their employees to receive their feedback, learn from their mistakes, and incorporate the learning into future work so they...
by Molly McGrath | Sep 10, 2015 | Decreasing Stress, Systems, Team Training
Good gravy, when will they EVER stop moving so quickly and just FOCUS and finish SOMETHING!!!!???? Bouncing from one project to the next, causing me to react to what’s coming at me, and wondering what I accomplished at the end of the day is the...
by Molly McGrath | Aug 27, 2015 | Communication, Decreasing Stress, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development, Systems, Team Training
Three Ways to End a Meeting Pronto! Palm a paperclip off the table and use it to cause bodily injury to yourself or others. Once the blood is flowing freely, you have a clear shot to end the meeting. Fake a faint if the meeting is bad enough that you would prefer to...
by Molly McGrath | Aug 20, 2015 | Decreasing Stress, Hiring & Firing, Systems, Team Training
It’s so easy to throw your hands up after you’ve tried multiple times – and failed – to get your attorney to give timely responses, review documents promptly and stop procrastinating. After ideas, plans, tears and come-to-Jesus talks, it’s easy to resort to “it is...