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Goal Setting
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The Legal Watercooler
363 Days of Potential
[caption id="attachment_3535" align="alignright" width="300"] Learning to chart her own course. (c) H. Morse 2012[/caption] Well, here we are. First day back in the office after a holiday break. We have…
Cordell Parvin Blog
What’s REALLY Motivating You? Start Here to Figure it Out
Are you stuck working on 2013 Business Plan with goals? Start with top-down planning. Brainstorm and write down as many goals as you can create. When you finish brainstorming, rank…
Legal Marketing Blog
Legal Business Development: Consider Not Setting Goals?
By Paula Black
Consider not setting goals? Heresy! Why would Peter Bregman, contributor to the Harvard Business Review write such a thing? He's the master of getting things done, focusing, prioritizing, etc. Remember…
DuetsBlog
Time Again for New Year’s Resolutions?
-Ward C. Schendel, Business Coach, KnowledgeSphere Group of AdviCoach It’s December. Time to think about New Year’s Resolutions. The Book of Odds¹ tells us the odds an adult will make…
Cordell Parvin Blog
Goals: Are you a 1%-er?
I am starting coaching a group of partners today. I will ask them and I will ask you: Do you have goals? That is likely not the most appropriate question…
Legal Marketing Blog
Legal Business Development: Goals… You Can’t Succeed Without Them!
By Paula Black
Goal setting is the single most important skill to successful achievement of ANYTHING! How could you possibly achieve something if you don't know what IT is or HOW you might…
Legal Marketing Blog
Legal Business Development: Tell Me!
By Paula Black
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver Business Development. Yes... Tell me! Or... Tell someone. Someone who will…
Legal Marketing Blog
Legal Business Development: 3 Tips to Help You Make Your 2012 Goals
By Paula Black
Yesterday was Independence Day... It marks the middle of the year. We have six months behind us and six months ahead of us... a bit of a track record and…
Cordell Parvin Blog
Great Lawyers Don’t Just Settle for Realistic Goals
Last fall I spoke to associates in a firm. My presentation was based on my book “Prepare to Win." During the program, I asked how many in the room had…
Cordell Parvin Blog
One Sure Way to Not Achieve Your Goals: Set Goals without Action Plans
I hate January. I hate it for a variety of reasons, not the least of which I hate the cold. But, more important than that, I hate January because the…