Bad Employee Behavior That Results When Managers Reward Busyness
Every law firm associate knows it’s unacceptable to have free time. If your first-year isn’t stressful, full of all-nighters, and fraught with anxiety over busyness, then you risk not returning the...
View ArticleDitch The Law Library, Keep The Librarian
What’s one of the best and more affordable ways to adorn your new home? Filling the shelves with leather-bound legal texts that you buy in bulk. Today, the libraries with the largest selection of law...
View Article“Routinize” & Other Ridiculous Words That Are Here To Stay (For Good Reason)
Science has been given the “ok” to make up its own words. Take, for example, “methylchlorisothiazolinone,” the mouthful give to an ingredient in perfumes and cosmetics. Science fiction has its own...
View ArticleWays To Ensure A Misunderstanding
Do you assign tasks to your associates and get them back quickly, and exactly as you expected? Do you hold meetings, look into the crowd, and see that everybody is alert and attentive? Do you ever hand...
View ArticleFor Higher Growth & Revenue— Don’t Hire New Employees, Get To Know The Ones...
Year-end growth results for the legal industry are the best Wells Fargo has reported since 2008, according to Jeff Grossman, head of the bank’s legal specialty group, reported by Thomson Reuters. The...
View Article5 Ways Your Firm Is Unknowingly Wasting Money
It’s true. The crystal vase in every senior partner’s office is a waste of money. And, nobody ate the catered food provided for today’s client meeting. But, forget about the little extravagancies....
View ArticleLegal Conversations: How To Know When In-Person, Phone or Email Responses Are...
Communication has never been simple. Think about those difficult relationship conversations or heated workplace debates. But, in today’s modern world, communication problems are exacerbated by...
View ArticleHow One Person Can Ruin A Good Thing: A New App Restores Efficiency In Email
Some people know how to ruin a good thing. It was the first person to use a cell phone in the movie theatre, the first person to run over a pedestrian with their skateboard, and the first person to get...
View ArticleFrom Yellow Legal Pad to iPad—A Law Firm Evolution Explained
In 1888, Thomas W. Holley had an idea. The 24-year-old worked at a paper mill in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and he discovered a way to make use of old scraps of paper discarded by the mill. Holley decided...
View ArticleIntroducing Exhibit B…& Other Efficient Uses For The iPad At Law Firms
Imagine a world where a new client walks into your office. The receptionist welcomes him and hands over an iPad and tells your guest to press “Start”. There’s a short, automated video introducing your...
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