Work-Life Balance Tips for Legal Professionals Today
December 9, 2021
If you’re a parent and have ever hosted a sleepover, you’re familiar with the childish competition to see who can stay up the latest. And if you were ever a teenager, you know about the myriad of dumb challenges teenagers use to size each other up. As adults, you’d think we’d have grown out of such juvenile behavior, and yet the number of professionals who measure their worth—and that of others—based on how busy they are says otherwise. But here’s the thing: being “too busy” is neither respectable, nor healthy. Work life balance, on the other hand, is both—and top talent knows this.
Employee Engagement Strategies to Retain Talent
November 24, 2021
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus famously stated that the only constant in life is change. This applies as much to the world of business as to anything else and one of the main changes businesses owners face is an evolution in the fundamental concepts that keep their enterprise ticking. Communication does not mean the same thing it did thirty years ago. Hiring today has nothing to do with bygone times when a person stayed with a company for life. Productivity is in flux as individual cultures grapple with new global norms. The most recent change of this sort involves employee engagement, which in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic does not mean what it used to.
Law Firm Bonuses That Boost Morale Without Big Costs
November 9, 2021
You’ve read the news and you know workers are quitting their jobs in droves. The so-called “Great Resignation” is upon us, and it’s making employers’ jobs difficult at a time when life isn’t exactly easy. Law firms, with their culture of long hours and high stress, have been hit especially hard, which is why Big Law is responding with a tried and true strategy: money.
Firm Purpose: Attract and Retain Top Talent Faster
November 2, 2021
For years now, the labor market has been undergoing a generational shift. Workers of the Millennial and Gen Z generations dominate the talent pool, and their priorities have little to do with those of their forebears. Experts have long warned of this change, but it took a global pandemic to cast it in clear light and force even the most skeptical of observers to admit that old norms are gone for good. These days, if you want to attract and retain top talent, you need to offer not just a generous salary and benefits package, but purpose, too. Young professionals prioritize meaning above all else (yes, even money), which means defining “the why” of your firm matters now more than ever.
Better Leader Strategies: Delegate to Elevate Your Firm
September 9, 2021
Nobody starts a business intending to work 9-to-5 or otherwise remain chained to corporate structures. To do so defeats the point. It would be like going to a restaurant and doing all the cooking yourself. Unfortunately, unless you do some serious thinking about how to be a better leader, 9-to-5—or more like 9-to-9—is going to be exactly what you get. This is why the perennial advice for entrepreneurs is learn to delegate.
Starting a Law Firm: Key Steps for Law Firm Business Development
August 18, 2021
So, you like so many others have suffered that singular positive side-effect of the pandemic: entrepreneurial ambition. You’re a talented attorney who, for some reason or other has grown tired of working for the benefit of someone else’s firm. Or, perhaps, you’re a few years out of law school, have gained the requisite experience, and are now ready to shape your career on your own terms. Whatever the case may be, your ambition is set on starting a law firm. All you need now is a checklist to figure out where to start. And Voilà! Here it is. Read on to discover the essential questions every start-up lawyer needs to be asking.