The worst thing we can do for ourselves, our staff and our firms in general is to be unprepared for a potential termination.
Read More »Commentary: Law firm partners must be more than just players
If one of your partners has a legitimate problem— such as alcoholism or an anger-management issue — delaying action can be playing with fire.
Read More »Most popular tips for stress man-agement
I teach a wide range of techniques for handling stress in my workshops. Listed below are the four most popular, and the quickest to incorporate into the chaos of our 90 mph lives. These tips are not intended to be ...
Read More »Office morale deserves priority status at firms
If you were able to get a true reading of office morale for the past six months in your office, what would the data show? Would it indicate consistently high morale? Alarming low morale? Or something in between? Unfortunately, keeping ...
Read More »Giving respect to ‘nonlawyers’
A couple of Twitter “tweets” I’ve read recently referenced a lawyer disciplined for allowing “non-lawyers” to do something that only a licensed attorney should have done. I really dislike the “n-l” word, so I suggested in a reply “tweet” that ...
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Read More »Short-term action plans for challenging times
Even today, despite the drastic changes taking place within so many firms, some attorneys claim that practicing law is not a business but a profession. And some of these folks, unfortunately, have had the seniority to dilute or completely override ...
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