Office Sharing: Maximizing the Benefits & Minimizing the Risks
For those considering office sharing (or already doing so), here are a few of my recommendations for minimizing the risks and maximizing the benefits: Tips on office sharing and executive suites (from chapter in ABA/Law Practice Management’s Flying Solo, Edition 4 Publication) Other questions? Either leave a comment or email me at nbj@nbjconsulting.com and I [...]
What's Your Brand?
Below are the initial sentences of a succinct and excellent blog post at www.biziboom.com by attorney Scott Gibson. I encourage all my readers and clients to read and reread this well-written post on such a critical subject for us all. If you’re on Twitter, don’t miss Mr. Gibson’s great tweets as well (@tradesecretlaw). Everybody Has [...]
Employee Considerations in Law Firm Mergers
I just sent the suggestions copied below to an attorney looking for merger tips to pass along to a client law firm about to merge w/another firm. Doing so made me realize how often in mergers (whether law firms or other businesses) there’s too little attention paid to our employees and what they are going [...]
Telecommuting & Disgruntled Co-Workers
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 employer to let you [...]
Short-Term Law Firm Action Plans Best in Challenging Times
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, [...]
Creating Quality Weekend Time & Requesting NBJ Articles by Topic
Another weekend ahead and a great time to decide what our 2 or 3 top priorities are for the next two days…when I fail to prioritize my weekend activities, I all too often find that the things that matter most in this old world got left out (e.g. family/friend/exercise time, etc.). Also reminder – this [...]
