by Molly McGrath | Feb 23, 2022 | Employee Retention, Law Firm Staffing, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development
As Covid-19 numbers decrease and governments begin to tepidly reduce restrictions worldwide, it can be easy to assume that the many issues originating from the pandemic are beginning to ease. This may be true in certain cases, but where the staffing crisis is...
by Molly McGrath | Jul 12, 2021 | Hiring, Law Firm Staffing, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development
First things first: if you’re a small law firm and you’re thinking about staffing, congrats! Growing to the point of needing to expand is no small accomplishment, especially upon the backdrop of the last eighteen months. Like all big changes, bringing new people...
by Molly McGrath | Mar 6, 2020 | Legal Staffing & Leadership Development
If yours is the sort of firm whose hiring protocol consists seven interview stages and a month of indecision, you might want to Google the ancient Chinese practice of “Lingchi.” The details are too troubling to get into here; suffice it to say that one common...
by Molly McGrath | Feb 21, 2020 | Legal Staffing & Leadership Development
It is an often-repeated stereotype that tomorrow’s generation of professionals will require more hand-holding and expect greater rewards than yesterday’s workers. Adherence to this critical attitude breeds an office environment that is anathema to Millennials and...
by Molly McGrath | Apr 30, 2019 | Hiring, Hiring & Firing, Leadership, Team Empowerment, Team Training
The unemployment rate is about as low as it’s ever been, holding steady at 3.8% throughout February and March. For employees, this is great news! For the U.S. economy, even better! But for your boutique law firm? Scary. In an economic climate that is so conducive to...