Wise Leader
Are you on the right path?
We do retreats, seminars on leadership and strategic planning for small businesses and law firms. Recently we have been getting questions about high performance teams and leadership asking what the most important elements were. There are a lot of variables which are related to the type of business and the business culture you want to [...]
What is your VISION
There was this professional who was depressed. He told me that he had no idea what to do and he spent his day staring at the walls. He had no enthusiasm for anything. He went through each day with one foot in front of the other. He neither looked back nor looked forward. And he [...]
Who are you?
Whether written as a mission statement, spoken or merely understood, your firm’s culture describes and governs the ways you and your staff think, feel and act. I would say that your culture starts with your logo because that is the first thing clients see. Whatever shape it takes, your firm’s culture plays a big role [...]
Be Careful What You Ask For!
I had a very frustrated client. When I questioned her about what was upsetting her, she said all these new cases. This is too much to do and she was getting stressed out. I was a little confused because just a few weeks ago all she wanted was more cases. Kind of reminded me of that [...]
Are you missing some joy?
Every now and then some pattern strikes me as interesting. I have been talking with several people about politics, and I know that is always dangerous but what the heck. Anyway I began to notice a trend from people that were very emotional about a candidate or an event, they seldom had any noticeable basis [...]
Small law firms and technology
“The times they are a-changin” – an old saying that is still true today (actually a song written by Bob Dylan in 1963). To compete in this modern age many law firms install a case management system. The problem is they sometimes don’t let the system manage. Many law firms use only a small percentage [...]
