by Molly McGrath | Sep 23, 2020 | Increasing Business, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development, Team Training
We live in an accelerated world. If you’ve read Juliet B. Schor’s pathbreaking book, The Overworked American, you know that US workers log more hours and less vacation than the average medieval peasant. This was true in 1991 when Schor’s book was published and, if...
by Molly McGrath | Sep 17, 2020 | Increasing Business, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development, Team Training
Law school is not your average pursuit and there’s nothing elitist about saying so. The average median GPA required to gain admission to a Top 10 School is 3.865. Schools ranked outside the Top 10 still require a 3.4. Not a lot of people cruise through school picking...
by Molly McGrath | Aug 20, 2020 | Leadership, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development, Team Empowerment, Team Training
You’re not alone if, in this moment, everything seems complicated. After all, the present is a time when you need medical-grade PPE to get groceries and an advance appointment to hit the gym. Once-simple decisions—such as whether to attend a friend’s birthday—now...
by Molly McGrath | Aug 11, 2020 | Decreasing Stress, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development, Passion, Personal Growth
In runner-speak, hitting the wall is when you’re two-thirds into a race and your legs all of a sudden shudder. Your vision blurs, your arms start to tingle, and out of nowhere you can’t hold pace and you collapse. In German, the experience is known as “der Mann mit...
by Molly McGrath | Aug 4, 2020 | Increasing Business, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development, Systems
You’ve got to admit it’s a little worrying if you run a law firm and you’re reading this wondering about the 7 essential law firm processes. After all, any firm hoping to remain competitive in this always-accelerating world ought to at a minimum have a grasp on the...
by Molly McGrath | Jul 1, 2020 | Communication, Increasing Business, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development
“Let me think about it” is the dating equivalent of “It was great to meet you! (Full stop).” Both mean you likely won’t be hearing from the person again. In dating, this means back to #swipelife; in business, where pushing the point isn’t utterly uncool, you might yet...
