For years we’ve heard about how businesses need to “move to the cloud.” Virtual businesses are more nimble and able to serve their customers better. If you’ve been thinking about making this move, then good for you! Being able to work from anywhere can be very liberating! Those Pesky Ethics Rules But as lawyers, unfortunately, […]
How much stress and anxiety do you have in your life that is caused by bad clients? You know, the unreasonable ones, the demanding ones, the ones that are never satisfied and are always complaining? Are you tired of talking to tire kickers and people who aren’t ready to hire you? How often have you heard […]
When it comes to the finances of your law firm, most attorneys concentrate on two numbers: revenue and profit. Is enough money coming in, and is that money covering expenses to the point where it is putting money into your pocket every month? If so, great! But in the long run, all you are doing […]
E-mails can take over your day if you let them. They keep coming in, demanding your attention. There are ways to wrangle that Inbox, but you still have to answer them. Those constant responses can take up quite a bit of your precious time. If you find yourself writing essentially the same thing in these […]
If your practice is anything like mine was, each day was a struggle to get the work done during regular working hours. You end up working late, skipping dinner, missing time with your family, and generally feeling stressed. If your practice is growing (and I hope it is), then that means more cases are coming […]
Your e-mail inbox has to be one of the biggest Time Bandits in your professional practice! It will take control of your day and cause your productivity to tank. So many attorneys and professionals I know talk about checking their e-mail first thing in the morning. Don’t do it! Once you go to your Inbox, […]
A colleague of mine and fellow business coach Tyson Franklin recently talked on his Podiatry Legends Podcast about the Trivial Many and the Vital Few. I thought this was a great way to describe the difference between professional practices that are successful and those that are not. His description of the two groups says it all. […]
There is a common saying in business: the money is in the list. But this is a fallacy. The money is not in the list; it’s in your relationship with your list. How you relate and engage with the people that get onto your list can make or break your marketing and conversion rates. People […]
Most firms have set up a war room to triage their immediate response to the crisis. But the lack of visibility around future demand complicates efforts to restart stalled portfolio companies…
Most firms have set up a war room to triage their immediate response to the crisis. But the lack of visibility around future demand complicates efforts to restart stalled portfolio companies…