Law Firm People Management

She’s Forgetful? Hope It’s Just Stress

Your long-tenured secretary arrives at work one morning and forgets to turn on the lights to her workstation, misfiles a court pleading and fails to confirm a client meeting. You want to believe it's just temporary but you fear it's something ...

Alison Shaw and Ray Martin - August 23, 2012
Law Firms: Don’t Tolerate Jerks

Why do so many law firms protect their jerks — and what can you do when you've had enough of bad behavior?

William Cobb - August 15, 2012
Finishing: The Second Hardest Thing

The deal is done. The case is tried. It's over—now you can go home and rest. Tomorrow, you'll clean up this mess. Repeat. Soon, though, colleagues begin to comment about the federal disaster area your office has become. Next, you only take ...

Paul H. Burton - August 2, 2012
Six Simple Steps to Effective Performance Reviews

No one really likes conducting performance reviews. For some reason, lawyers seem particularly averse to providing feedback. Perhaps this is because much of the work lawyers do is based on individual performance, or because few lawyers are ...

Wendy Werner - June 28, 2012
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Use Project Management Apps to Manage People

Sure there are plenty of project management apps to keep us on task, personally. But can project management software be used for managing others, too? In "Project Management: Easy as 1-2-3," Brett Owens highlighted products to help you manage ...

Brett Owens - April 25, 2012
Supervising Other Lawyers: The Essentials

Most lawyers eventually supervise other lawyers. How you handle this new responsibility can make all the difference in the quality of work you get and in your relationship with lawyers you may work with your whole life. Here are some tips on ...

Richard Hunt - April 5, 2012
Can’t We Just Do Lunch?

You don’t need a coach to tell you that taking a partner or client to lunch is a great way to forge and further business relationships. But a recent—and for me, jaw-dropping—conversation with some women associates got me thinking there may be ...

Ellen Ostrow - January 3, 2012
Client-Driven Recruitment

Lawyers are good at many things, most of them associated with legal knowledge and analysis. We’re less good at many other things, most of them having to do with business and management. One of the things we’re least good at, I believe, is ...

Jordan Furlong - November 16, 2011
Wiser Words

One way us old guys comfort ourselves about aging is by proving our continuing usefulness to the firm through mentoring new lawyers. While we may think that pearls of wisdom just drip from our lips, I wonder: Do we really have anything useful to ...

Otto Sorts - November 8, 2011
LinkedIn Jobs: If You Post It, They Will Come

I just hired a great new employee using LinkedIn Jobs. It turned out to be an incredibly easy and effective way to identify good candidates and fill the position with a minimum of effort. Deciding between candidates was the only tough part of ...

Vivian Manning - August 29, 2011
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