Good Afternoon…here’s an informative (quick reading) blog post on telecommuting: http://bit.ly/ZFF0N entitled: “Telecommuting: How to Approach Your Boss.”  A few words re my two cents worth on this subject….it’s been my experience that it’s often more difficult dealing with disgruntled co-workers who are NOT telecommuting than it is to convince your...

A couple of Twitter “tweets” I saw today referenced a lawyer disciplined for allowing “non-lawyers” to do something that only a licensed attorney should have done.  I really dislike the “n-l” word so suggested in my reply “tweet” that surely we could all find more respectful words to use when referring to someone who does not practice law for a...

Do you suffer from ’seminar syndrome shame’? As Republished in: St. Louis Daily Record & St. Louis Countian ,  Oct 9, 2008 by Nancy Byerly Jones Most of us have suffered from seminar syndrome shame (“SSS”) — the “lost opportunity disease” that occurs when we expend valuable time and money on educational seminars only to...

Vacation policies and management’s attitudes toward employee vacations, personal or sick leave say everything about an office’s morale, culture and quality of leadership. Click here for my Lawyers USA column on this subject….written originally in 2002, but still so very true and relevant in today’s business climate.  Bottom line…atttorneys, business owners,...

This post focuses on the benefits for law firms of short term action plans in tough times.  First, however….some background dialogue – Even today in spite of the drastic changes taking place within so many firms, some attorneys claim that practicing law is not a business but a profession.  And, some of these folks, unfortunately, have had the seniority to dilute or completely...

Ran across the quote below today and OUCH!….really made me think about things I’ve been putting off because I’ve been saying “I’m just too busy.”  Don’t know about you, but Mr. Brown’s words below have inspired me to get in touch with the real reasons I’ve been putting a few things off because I no longer can claim it’s a lack of time...

Hello and Happy Monday (almost!) Yet another all-too-quick weekend has come and gone and an exciting work week awaits us….hope your weekend was a great one from start to finish.  Mine was special for many reasons including some rare, beautiful hours cruising solo along the glorious Blueridge Parkway which we’re lucky to have almost in our backyard.  I spent several hours just...

There’s been a recent flury of Tweet exchanges debating whether or not Twitter gives lawyers a return on their investment of time and effort.  @larrybodine feels strongly that it is not a good marketing tool for law firms while many others strongly disagree.  I was recently interviewed about this ongoing controversy by Nora Tooher, one of Lawyers USA’s excellent full-time...

I’ve just switched from Typepad to Wordpress so busy re-creating my new blog in its new “home.”  I’ll be adding articles, forms, checklists and self-audits so pls keep checking back and if you don’t yet see a topic of interest to you, please post a comment requesting a specific topic.  If I have written on the subject matter or know of other resources to which...