I believe that how you spend your time has never been as important as this year during COVID-19. Some of you are working from home. Some of you have young children going to school at home. Spending time most wisely is a challenge for everyone of you.
Many years ago I gave a presentation for
When I coached lawyers, I frequently heard
Cordell, I’ve been too busy to do any client development
When I practiced law unless I was in the middle of a trial out of town, I was never too busy to do client development. In fact, I did more client development work when I was busiest than
You are sitting at your desk working on an important client matter. All of a sudden you get an email from a friend about going to an event over the weekend. Do you continue working and ignore the email? Or, do you stop, read and answer the email and then go back to your work?
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
Recently I gave a presentation to lawyers on Time Management. I included ideas from this video clip.
I looked back at a blog I wrote in 2012 and decided to share it with you again.
You are certainly making time for your billable work and I hope you are making time for your family,
I recent received this question:
If I only have 1 hour a week to spend on marketing, what would be the best use of that time?
Answer: The answer depends on what your top 5 StrengthsFinder strengths are and where you are in your career.
Some of you are strong networkers or strong relationship builders.
I have shared in other posts that time management is the most popular agenda item for discussion with lawyers I coach. I bet it is something most of you want to learn as well.
Recently a group I coach asked me to talk about time management at one of their quarterly meetings. I talked about
I don’t know why, but early in my career I discovered that managing time wisely would be very important for me. Since that time, I have read every article and book I found to get ideas and to figure out what combination of expert ideas would work best for me. Now that I coach lawyers
One of the most frequent statements I hear is: “I can’t find enough time for client development.” I always respond: “You will never find it, you have to make it.”
Until client development actions are so much a habit that you never think about it, you must find a way to hold yourself accountable. After