by Molly McGrath | Feb 13, 2014 | Leadership, Passion, Team Training
Why do we make it all so complicated? With all the learning, coaching and reading we’ve done, we let the tips and techniques we’ve collected along the way paralyze us in a place of overanalyzing things. Along with the pain we put ourselves through when we do this,...
by Molly McGrath | Feb 4, 2014 | Hiring & Firing, Leadership, Team Training
Do you sometimes question if an employee is a ‘good fit’ for your team? They do good work (most of the time) but there is just something you can’t quite describe that concerns you. You can’t put your finger on it. Something just feels a little off and makes you...
by Molly McGrath | Jan 30, 2014 | Hiring & Firing, Leadership, Team Training
One of the worst things to happen to a good employee-boss relationship is a raise. Too often in small businesses there is no formal structure around raises – when to give them, how they are calculated or who initiates the conversation. It usually happens something...
by Molly McGrath | Jan 28, 2014 | Communication, Decreasing Stress, Leadership, Team Training
Ever realize that the more responsible your team leader becomes, the more isolated you may feel as an attorney? What, they don’t need me anymore? During our Team Empowerment call yesterday, we were discussing the concept of an intrapreneur. Intrapreneurs are team...
by Molly McGrath | Jan 2, 2014 | Decreasing Stress, Systems, Team Training
Ever find yourself moving so quickly that you aren’t really finishing anything? Instead you are kind of bouncing from one project to the next, reacting to what’s coming at you, and wondering what you accomplished at the end of the day? There are several things that...
by Molly McGrath | Dec 22, 2013 | Hiring & Firing, Leadership, Team Training
With the beginning of fall, and the holidays quickly approaching (OK, yeah, they’re here), it’s easy to feel out of control. Often a sense of overwhelm can creep in due to a ton of little aggravations and incomplete items we have hanging around. When you add...