There are two characteristics of successful attorneys that often keep them from being good delegators. By proclivity and by training they are risk averse, and they really like to win. It’s your core mission after all, to protect your clients from negative outcomes. And your determination to represent them rigorously …Read More
You look at the clock, or someone calls (or knocks) and you realize “Damn! It happened again.” You got lost in your drafting or your web searching and now you’re pressed for time as you hurriedly turn to your next activity. Or maybe you just won’t get to the other …Read More
Legal Knowledge Management (LKM) refers to the collection, organization, dissemination, and reuse of knowledge contained within documents and inside individuals’ heads, and it includes the development of standard forms, tools, and templates to streamline the delivery of service. Even though LKM is often thought of in the context of larger …Read More
When I survey attorneys at CLE and in-house seminars on time management about their top 25 productivity blockers, interruptions almost always comes in at the top of the list. The main categories of interruption are well known and typically include: email and text alerts, phone calls, and drop-in visitors or …Read More
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Part One of this two-part post tackled the challenge of making time for social media activity — and using that time effectively. It provided the first two of seven tactics for doing so. Here are tacticts three through seven. 3. Schedule Time and Set Limits Allocate specific time on specific …Read More
Time management for lawyers can be a tough topic, but when you throw social media into the life of an already busy practitioner, it can get downright crazy. How do you find the “right” amount of time to spend on social media activities? What should you do with that time? …Read More
As you read this, you might find yourself ignoring the voice in the back of your head reminding you of something you should be doing instead. Perhaps there’s work to do for a fast-approaching settlement conference. Should you be preparing for Friday’s staff performance review? Are there pre-bills in your …Read More
Preamble Though it can be dangerous to use absolutes, I’m comfortable asserting that everyone who uses a computer regularly in the course of their work spends a significant amount of time searching longer than they’d like to for information they need. Whether, it’s a document, an email, an image, or …Read More
The second most common reason attorneys cite for not engaging in systematic business-building activity is everyone’s favorite catch-all excuse, lack of time. But here’s the simple truth: it’s not that you lack time for business development – it’s that you choose not to do it, and instead choose to do …Read More
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