I’m in Toronto today where I confess, it’s a little colder than I expected when I looked in my closet and purposely left my topcoat at home.
I’m speaking to lawyers this week on planning, a timely topic as we are reaching the end of the year.
How can a young lawyer develop an effective
Do you by chance remember which was my most read blog in 2013? On December 31, that year I posted my Top 10 most read blog posts. Number 1 on the list was Want a great example of a 30 days and 90 days plan? Tricia DeLeon shared her 30 days and 90 days plan.
During December I am focusing on Planning for 2015 and including ideas from lawyers I coach. In Tricia’s blog post below, I have updated her photo and her ideas for 2015.
Tricia DeLeon is a partner in the Dallas Bracewell Giuliani office and is an attorney whom I have coached and mentored. As you will
Over the years I have been frequently asked: How can build my practice and become a top rainmaker in my firm?
I always say that is a great question. It’s natural to ask that question because when you are a rainmaker you have control over your destiny, you feel in high demand both by your
You can start your own client development networking group. That is what Holly Draper did after a presentation I gave to the Collin County Bar Association.
I wrote about the presentation in my blog: Small Firm and Solo Lawyers: This One is for You and I posted my slides from the presentation on SlideShare:
I originally published this blog in December, 2010. I have changed the dates to be current.
You have likely heard me say that you are the architect of your career. You are responsible for your success and like an architect, you must design your career with an an end in mind. A few days ago
There are a wide variety of ways to develop a business plan and the best thing you can do is find what will work best for you. A construction lawyer I know asked what approach I used. I have shared a good deal of this with you before, but I feel it is worth sharing
As you know, I have been posting ideas on planning for the next year from lawyers I have coached. I post these ideas because I always learned by adapting ideas from others. So, I hope when you read each of these approaches, you will find one or two ideas that you can put into your
After the New York Associate planning program I presented last week, a lawyer who attended asked me how to prepare an effective plan. He also asked for an example of a plan I thought was well prepared.
How can a young lawyer develop an effective plan? First, keep in mind that as Dwight D. Eisenhower
Many law firms, practice groups/offices and lawyers remind me of a quote from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. Which road shall I take? She asked. His response was a question: Where do you want to