It’s Friday, and the end of a very long week. Let’s just kick back, cool off and have a little intellectual fun learning the easy way: through pictures! 1. Visualize Health. First up, compare and contrast health conditions and risk factors in your favorite state with the United States as a whole. If you don’t […]
Originally published June 10, 2011With so much focus on the mechanics of marketing, there's not much space left for paying attention to competition—for actually getting the clients that your competitors want as much as you do. But isn’t competing for clients what the whole marketing effort is about?
Originally published June 9, 2011Deciding to switch service providers or find a new one can turn into a big headache, especially if the service or product you’re are shopping for is “mission critical” to your practice. (Think banking, insurance or even facilities management.) While there is no magic way to find the perfect service provider, there are some tried and true “don’ts” to help […]
June 8, 2011 0 0It is easy for lawyers to slip into conflict with office staff, colleagues or service providers because most of us have never learned how to craft the kind of agreement that isn't about winning, but creates a meeting of mind and heart. The best way to prevent conflict and have more productive and satisfying relationships is to create "agreements for results."
Originally published June 7, 2011If you are a partner considering a move to another firm, you probably have two main reasons. The first almost always involves money. The second usually concerns personality factors or firm culture. That’s shorthand for “I’m working with a bunch of jerks.” The business side of the consideration is fairly straightforward. For starters, you need to determine how […]
Originally published June 6, 2011We know you’re interested in learning. Why else would you be here? If your brain merely chews up printed text and spits it out, you’ll especially love this week’s Friday Five. We’re serving up five alternatives to the written word when it comes to practice management know-how. Check out these online audio and video files […]
Originally published June 3, 2011I got an email from one of the younger partners the other day and, frankly, I couldn’t figure it out: “snicker77: why not? @fiddle @sweaterneck @sideways = Curmudgeon?” Upon investigation, I learned that he had pasted a “tweet” into an email for me, since he knows I don’t use Twitter and wouldn’t otherwise receive it. I resisted the […]
Originally published June 2, 2011Want to know the single fastest way to speed up your typing? Stop manually correcting your typos as you’re writing. Just stop doing it! Correcting as you type is a surefire way to slow yourself down. It’s a classic illustration of you working for your computer, when it’s supposed to be the other way around. Ignoring your typos […]
Originally published June 1, 2011Your email signature may be a tiny element in the scheme of your marketing, but it can be the most concise and consistent way to communicate who you are and where to find you. E-signatures have come so far in the past couple of years that email addicts revere and rely on them as much […]
Originally published May 31, 2011Spring is time for new beginnings and sweet endings. If you’re not choosing a wedding gift for a June bride, you’re writing a check for a graduating nephew or two. There’s just something about this time of year that fills us with a sense of expectation, and casts our thoughts to the inspirational. So today we take a look at graduation, with good resources to get you through it all.
Originally published May 27, 2011