What you think you’re communicating may not be the message that’s being heard. The partners at firm I was helping said they consistently stressed to their associates important criteria such as taking on management responsibilities, developing a book of business,
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The Art of Making Imperfect Decisions
Indecision and procrastination have quite a bit in common because both presuppose that there is perfection looming ahead in terms of either a process or an answer. One tends to want to wait to find it before proceeding. This can
Attorneys: Get 2 MCLE Ethics Credits
Protecting Client Property
Attorneys: Get 2 MCLE ethics credits and find out everything you should know and want to know about proper handling of client property. The Montgomery Bar Solo/Small Firm Practice Committee is presenting “HANDLE WITH C.A.R.E. — Cash
Achieving the Balance Between Business and Profession
In general, I have found that many firms are under-managed and/or poorly managed. Not all large firms are exceptions to that statement. Not all financially successful firms are exceptions to that statement. Lawyers are universally smart people, but that doesn’t
MOVING TO THE CLOUD
Measuring Billing & Collection Efficiencies
Before you can conclude you are doing a good job in billing and/or collection of receivables, you should be able tomeasure your performance, and then compare those measurements tobenchmark data. Read more
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Where the Dell Are You?!?
If you’re the owner of a small business — like me — you are constantly receiving mail flyers and emails from Dell trying to sell you products. Nothing wrong with that. The problem occurs when you try to actually buy
Are You Losing Valuable Time? At What Cost?
For attorneys and paralegals these are mostly rhetorical questions. The majority of timekeepers are hemorrhaging time on a continual basis. This is particularly evident in solo, small, and midsize firms. Not that individual lawyers at large firms don’t suffer the
Get Your Head Out of the Sand
It saddens me when firms come to me for damage control, especially when the damage could have been avoided altogether. I’ve seen firm explosions, implosions, loss of good talent … Read more
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