Archive for the Coaching & Shameless Self-Promo

This should be fun! When I worked with a group of new lawyers in a marketing seminar this summer, the topic of websites & blogging came up.  Grant Griffiths has most graciously agreed to do a free teleclass for us- it will be in the form of a Q&A. Here are some of the questions […]

If you’re in a transition phase in your business- adding staff, for example, or if you’re ready to ramp up your practice for 2009, consider joining a new mastermind group. I’ll provide training, coaching and facilitation.  Group members will provide advice, support, and accountability. If you’re interested, just answer a couple of questions now, and I’ll […]

So many times I’ve wanted to reach out to the new lawyers who show up on the Solosez listserve asking how long it takes to be “successful”. Along with the excitement comes the extreme challenge of building a new business. Coaching is a great way to be more successful faster, yet it isn’t very accessible […]

This post describes how to develop a marketing goal in the context of your big picture. Say you want to plan a special vacation every year and next year it’s cooking school in Italy, with Lydia Bastianich herself. One of the areas of focus that  might come out of your financial forecasting exercise is “I need more […]

Front page, Saturday, June 14, NY Times: “Lost in E-mail, Tech Firms Face Self-made Beast”. The article discusses how the use of email has “fractured” attention spans and hurt productivity. Intel and other companies are heeding the research and conducting workplace experiements to assess the problem and generate solutions.  A Besex study in the article […]

2 new books I’ve discovered that crystallize why we don’t do what we know we should, and what to do about it:

Change or Die, by Alan Deutchman, you can read about it at Fast Company  http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/94/open_change-or-die.html
Strategy and the Fat Smoker, by David Maister, you can listen to a bit of his podcast and download a […]

“The best kind of giving is thanksgiving.” Chesterton.
My dog is the most thankful creature I know. All I need to do is be with her. If there’s fetching involved, a state of bliss will likely be achieved. Wanda doesn’t hold a grudge, either. She forgets that I’m the one who takes her to the dreaded groomer, […]

For the most part, law firm management ain’t rocket science. There are many great programs, seminars, books, audio, etc. available, tailored specifically for lawyers. Most of my clients know or could easily learn how to manage their practices better, but knowing and doing aren’t the same thing.
Coaching bridges the knowing/doing gap. What I do is work […]