Employee Retention Strategies for Law Firms That Work
October 19, 2022
I’ve worked with thousands of attorneys, and nearly all have shared the same challenge: employee retention strategies that actually work. It might seem odd at first—after all, these are some of the most driven, intelligent professionals out there. But when you consider that lawyers are trained to practice law, not lead teams or build business […]
Job Opportunities Law Firms Must Create to Thrive Today
October 11, 2022
Job opportunities in today’s legal industry look very different from those in the past. At the end of 2021, there were 10.9 million open roles in the U.S. workforce. Today, that number has risen to 11.5 million. This is not due to a shortage of jobs, but rather a shortage of desirable ones. Employees are […]
Law Firm Motivation Recovery: How to Reignite Your Drive
October 3, 2022
You don’t become an attorney without a healthy dose of ambition, which is why so many in the profession suffer when they hit their mid-career slump. You studied, stressed, and ultimately survived law school. You passed the bar, waded into the sharky waters of the job market, built a career, and had the moxie to start your own firm. It wasn’t always fun, but it gave you purpose. Now you’re here, in calmer seas… What's next?
Law Firm Admin Transparency: Boost Performance & Retention
September 21, 2022
There are two types of attorneys: those that spend their day worrying about what their admin team is (or isn’t) doing and those that spend their day micromanaging their admins to relieve this worry. Neither is good—not for you, not for your firm, and not for your ability to retain talented employees—and yet it’s easy to feel as if there’s no alternative. This article exists to tell you that there is but to see it, you need to learn the value of transparency.
Law Firm Growth Strategy: Avoid Burnout and Boost Revenue
September 14, 2022
When you started law school you knew it was going to be busy, stressful, and hard but if someone had told you then that ten, fifteen, or twenty years on you’d be struggling to carve out vacation time and have no margin for self-care, you might not have signed up. Furthermore, if they’d told you that every day would be a grind, retaining quality employees would feel impossible, and even finding slivers of joy in your routine would feel out of reach, you would have fled. So how did you get here? Or perhaps, more importantly, how do you change?
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.