Can you honestly say you are getting the most out of your day?
I ask the question because working from home in 2020 is far more difficult than working in an office in 2005 when I gave up my law practice to coach lawyers. It is significantly more difficult than when I started a long
Do your departments, sections/practice groups and offices have a strategic plan? (To make it easier, I will refer to all these as groups).
If you are a member of a small firm, does your firm have a strategic plan? If not, developing a focused strategic plan for your group or your firm is one sure
I am speaking tomorrow at a firm retreat. The title of my presentation is “Taking Your Career to the Next Level.”
I will begin by asking for a show of hands who in the audience reasonably believes he or she can triple the annual revenue he or she generates in three years. So you can
Cordell, what should be included in our client development training program?
Ok, suppose you and I had an in person coaching session today: What might we cover?
In advance of our coaching session, I would ask you to send me agenda topics you want to brainstorm with me. I ask for those topics in case I need to do any research. A lawyer I coach recently
I was coaching a group of lawyers for the last time recently. At the end of our group meeting, the group’s leader asked for a good summary of what we had covered. I shared this blog post with the group and thought you might find it valuable.
I read a recent survey report of large
Suppose for the moment that we will be working together in 2017. Suppose we will have a one hour coaching session every other month. The first thing we would work on would be your 2017 Business Plan. To help you get started, here’s an exercise.
Exercise 1:
Title: Establish Your Goals
Duration: 30 Minutes
Instructions:
Want a fairly concise idea on how to set goals you will actually achieve? Here goes.
When I teach or coach lawyers, I like to play the Curly video from City Slickers. It’s the One Thing video.
Figuring out your “one thing” is the beginning point of long range planning. But, that is not
Recently I did a program for a law firm and began by asking the lawyers:
How many of you prepared a written business plan with goals for 2015?
Only a few lawyers raised their hands. So, suppose I ask you:
Did you have a business plan for 2015?
I have posted several blogs over the