Seven Ways a Personal Brand Can Help Your Career
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Heard of personal branding but not sure why you should bother? This article explain how branding yourself can help you move your career from good to great.
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Five Tips for Hiring the Best People
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People are the most important factor in your firm’s success. Focusing on the hiring process in a systematic and thoughtful way increases profitability. See how.
Read More3 Reasons Law Firm Strategy is BS & Why it Matters
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Most lawyers think that “excellence” is a strategy. It is not. Discover how a real strategy can help you create a more successful and satisfying practice.
Read MoreDragons, Fire & Miracles
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Context is everything. The attitude and underlying beliefs with which we approach projects or circumstances determine the outcome far more than any specific words we say or actions we take. When we put on green glasses, the world looks green. Red glasses turn it red. Whether you succeed in your business development efforts (or any other goals you may have) will depend largely on the lens through which you are viewing the situation. Consider this example. The other day, I was talking with a client about her business development plan, and she was terribly uninspired. Sometimes, we can focus on the activities that inspire us, but sometimes we just need to buckle down and take the actions that we would normally avoid like the plague. In this particular case,
Read MoreFive Tips for Advanced Conference Networking
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Networking is an art and, like all arts, there are many styles and degrees of proficiency. This week I am offering some advanced tips on how to leverage your attendance at conferences and similar events. Everyone knows that speaking at conferences provides exposure and credibility. However, most lawyers neglect other salient opportunities for connecting with potential clients, referral sources, and new partners. Next time, try some of these:
Read MoreEleven Essential Issues to Consider Before Entering a Business Partnership
/he best way to maximize the chances of having a positive partnership experience is to carefully talk through all relevant issues prior to entering the partnership. Very few people have partnership agreements that are sufficiently clear and comprehensive. Even those who have legal contracts in place generally have neglected to address some basic issues that could and very often do lead to bad blood down the line.
Read MoreHow to Design a Powerful Project
/Whether you are trying to find new clients, increase profitability, or finally start going to the gym one simple way to help yourself achieve the intention quickly is to write out a project plan. The following are ten steps to create an effective plan.
- Set a specific and measurable goal, with a clear time frame. – Many of us aspire to get more of of the "right" type of clients, which is vague and, therefore, less powerful than a specific target like “sign a retainer agreement with one new clients who meets XYZ criteria by January 31”...
Top Six List: A Great Tool for Planning Your Day
/You can’t do everything. No one can. It is the illusion that we can (and should) do everything which prevents us from prioritizing and actually taking the actions that are most important. This tool from Accomplishment Coaching allows you to replace an endless to-do list with a focused list of priorities. Each day, take out a clean sheet of paper and
Read MoreAccountability Buddies
/One of the most effective ways to keep yourself on track with a new commitment is to get a buddy to check in with on a daily basis. Most of us are pretty unreliable to keep promises to ourselves, but will go far our of our way to honor commitments to other people.
Read MoreHow to Design a Powerful Project
/The following are ten steps to create an effective plan. Whether you are trying to lose weight, write that novel, or increase revenue, one simple way to help yourself achieve the intention quickly is to write out a project plan. The following are ten steps to create an effective plan.
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