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	<title>Law Business Tips&#187; Law Office Management, Conflict Resolution and Professional Ghostwriting : Nancy Byerly Jones</title>
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		<title>Celebrations of the Heart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is a very special one &#8230; really special. Today a delightful, fun, bright, energetic and all around awesome person is celebrating a landmark birthday&#8230;the big 4-0!
I believe each and every birthday is a really big deal.  IMHO, birthdays should be celebrated as if they were our only one and our last because &#8230;well&#8230;.someday it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/smiles/celebrations-of-the-heart/</link>
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		<title>If Airlines Sold Paint &#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Customer: Hi, How much is your paint?
Clerk:  Well, sir, that all depends.
Customer: On what?
Clerk:  Actually, a lot of things.
Customer: How about giving me an average price?
Clerk: Wow, that&#8217;s too hard a question.  The lowest price is $9 a gallon, and we have 150 different prices up to $200 a gallon.
Customer: What&#8217;s the difference [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/smiles/if-airlines-sold-paint/</link>
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		<title>Tough Times? Abandoned Katrina Pony Sets Great Example of a &#8220;Serious Survival Ethic&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trying to survive some tough times in your business, at home, otherwise? Then this amazing story is a must read for inspiration from a determined, courageous pony called &#8220;Molly.&#8221; Even if you read about Molly&#8217;s amazing story when it first appeared in 2008, it is definitely one of those that keeps giving no matter how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/smiles/tough-times-abandoned-katrina-pony-sets-great-example-of-a-serious-survival-ethic/</link>
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		<title>Wormy Minister?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon.
Four worms were placed into four separate jars.
The first worm was put into a container of alcohol.
The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke.
The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup.
The fourth worm was put into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/smiles/wormy-minister/</link>
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		<title>Client Feedback Scares Many Attorneys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I often teach workshops on how to get your clients&#8217; feedback on a shoestring budget (e.g. telephone and email surveys, etc).  In preparing for a similar program recently, I ran across one of my 2002 Lawyers Weekly USA columns: &#8220;Ask Clients to Prepare an Attorney Report Card?!? Are You Crazy!?!&#8221; Yep, it was written 8 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/ramblings/attorney-client-relations/client-feedback-scares-many-attorneys/</link>
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		<title>Women Talk More Than Men?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A husband, looking through the newspaper, came upon a study that said women use more words than men.
Excited to prove to his wife his long-held contention that women in general, and his wife in particular, talked too much, he showed her the study results.
The report stated: &#8220;Men use about 15,000 words per day, but women [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/smiles/do-women-use-more-words-than-men-each-day/</link>
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		<title>Quick Attorney Self-Audit: Supervising Staff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of us are pretty good at judging others&#8230;actually we&#8217;re downright expert at doing so IF we&#8217;re being brutally honest that is&#8230;..whether inwardly or out loud to others, we judge others&#8217; looks, their work habits, their personalities, their decisions and the list goes on.  What is not so easy to do, however, is to look [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/employees/quick-attorney-self-audit-supervising-staff/</link>
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		<title>A Lemon with Legs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

A man, quite drunk, at a party signals for the hostess. As she approaches the man he belches, hicks, and asks if her lemons have legs on them. The hostess, astounded, replies curtly that, &#8220;no her lemons don&#8217;t have legs on them&#8221; and walks away in a huff.
Perplexed, the man returns to sipping his drink. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/smiles/a-lemon-with-legs/</link>
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		<title>Quick Self-Audit: What Kind of Employee Are You?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1.  Looking back over the past 12 months, what contributions have you made to your workplace that are not in your job description (e.g. cost-saving ideas, helping co-workers in need of an extra hand without being asked)?
2. Do you make an excessive number of personal calls during the workday?  What about personal emails?
3.  How would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/employees/quick-self-audit-what-kind-of-employee-are-you/</link>
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		<title>Enhancing &amp; Maintaining the Value of Paralegals</title>
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How can paralegals maintain their profession&#8217;s highly valued niche within the legal system?
How do paralegals enhance their individual value to law firms and legal departments?
What behaviors decrease their value?
How can paralegals collectively enhance their profession for those following in their footsteps?

How Can Paralegals as a Profession Maintain Their Highly Valued Niche

Love what you do, respect [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/employees/legal-assistants/enhancing-maintaining-the-value-of-paralegals/</link>
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		<title>Identifying Engineers and Managers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted,
&#8220;Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him
an hour ago, but I don&#8217;t know where I am.&#8221;
The woman below replied, &#8220;You&#8217;re in a hot [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/smiles/identifying-engineers-and-managers/</link>
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		<title>How to Stay Young (checklist by George Carlin)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HOW TO STAY YOUNG  (George Carlin) 
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height.
Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening,
whatever. Never let the brain idle. &#8221; An idle mind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/personal-improvement/quality-of-life/how-to-stay-young-checklist-by-george-carlin/</link>
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		<title>Successful Law &amp; Other Professional Firms: Shared Characteristics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Successful law firms &#8212; and actually all professional firms and successful businesses &#8212; seem to share many common characteristics regardless of their size, areas of practice or location.  A few months back I posted a&#8220;shared characteristics&#8221; list for 2009 firm success stories.  I&#8217;ve updated and posted below a somewhat updated mini-article and checklist:
Seminar attendees and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/leadership/effective-leadership/successful-law-other-professional-firms-shared-characteristics/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Yes, I Know You!&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know me?”
She responded, “Why, yes, I do know you, Mr.  Williams.  I’ve known you since you were a young boy, and frankly, you’ve been a big disappointment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/smiles/elderly-court-witness/</link>
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		<title>Dear Hubby &#8230;. FYI</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To My Darling Husband,
Before you return from your overseas trip I just want to email and let
you know about the small accident I had with the pick-up truck
when I turned into the driveway. Fortunately, it&#8217;s not too bad and
I really didn&#8217;t get hurt, so please don&#8217;t worry too much about me.

I was coming home from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/smiles/dear-hubby-fyi/</link>
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		<title>Privacy In Today&#8217;s World? Nun!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A nun, badly needing to use to the restroom, walked into a local  Hooters.
The place was hopping with music and loud conversation and every once  in a while the lights would turn off.
Each time the lights would go out, the place would erupt into cheer.  However, when the revelers saw the nun, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/smiles/no-privacy-in-todays-world-nun/</link>
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		<title>Personnel Smarts (starter checklist)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Hold regular, uninterrupted meetings with employees (i.e. We should never multitask during these meetings&#8230;employees like clients/customer deserve our full, undivided attention!)
Enforce (or ignore!) rules fairly and consistently across the board
Treat employees in the same manner you expect them to treat clients/customers &#38; in the same ways you like to be treated
Give ongoing feedback regarding work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/employees/personnel-smarts-starter-checklist/</link>
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		<title>Thanking Referral Sources</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you appropriately and timely thanked everyone who has referred you business?
A handwritten thank-you note is always appreciated and becoming a true rarity to receive in our electronic times.
Or, if more appropriate, how about taking the time to take them out to one of their favorite restaurants.  And, if that doesn’t seem to “fit,” here [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/ramblings/attorney-client-relations/thanking-referral-sources/</link>
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		<title>Checklist for Managing Stress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Make a list of 20 activities that you love to do (can include things you may have never tried but hope to do one day)&#8230;ask yourself: &#8220;How many of these favorite activities have I made time for in the past year?&#8221; If your answer is &#8220;Few or none and not often enough!&#8221;, then immediately make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/stress-management/checklist-for-managing-stress/</link>
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		<title>Attention Legal Clients: A Few Do&#8217;s &amp; Don&#8217;ts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How can clients be better clients for their attorneys?  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/ramblings/attorney-client-relations/attention-legal-clients-a-few-dos-donts/</link>
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		<title>Attorneys By Name Only (ABNO&#8217;s) Are Unethical, Unprofessional, Greedy and Cowardly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently learned of yet another attorney who knows his clients are out in left field with their lame, unsupported legal claims, their lies  and greedy motives no matter the &#8220;cost&#8221;&#8230;.. and yet&#8230;..he continues representing them (I call these types of so-called professionals, &#8220;ABNO&#8217;s&#8221; (attorneys by name only).
When I practiced law, I certainly made some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/ramblings/professionalism-ramblings/attorneys-by-name-only-abnos-are-unethical-unprofessional-greedy-and-cowardly/</link>
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		<title>Employee Terminations: Self-Audit Tips from Hiring to Firing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Employee Terminations: Self-Audit Tips from Hiring to Firing&#8230;..okay&#8230;I know personnel management and especially employee firings are NOT desired or enjoyable subjects for most of us&#8230;but it is reality.   You can read my partial list of recommendations on the hiring process, the management and supervision of employees and the termination of them when things just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/employees/employee-terminations-self-audit-tips-from-hiring-to-firing/</link>
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		<title>Staff Plays Key Role in Law Office Survival in Tough Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many law firms are still trying to recover from the tornado-like aftermath caused by the economic chaos of recent years.  Others are in the midst of other challenges.  They may be defending allegations of ethical violations or malpractice, in shock and grieving over the unexpected death of a co-worker or trying to stabilize after the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/employees/staff-key-roles-law-office-survival-tough-times/</link>
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		<title>Mental Health &amp; Toxic People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guarding our mental health in today&#8217;s challenging times is often easier said than done.  One mental health goal toward which we should all be striving, however, is a significant reduction of  time spent around toxic, negative, unpleasant, rude, bullying, thoughtless and/or chronically grouchy  people.   That, unfortunately, is not always possible (think workplace and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/personal-improvement/mental-health/mental-health-toxic-people/</link>
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		<title>Making Twitter Worthwhile for the Business-Minded Person</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In June 2009 I was interviewed by Lawyers USA Online about the value of Twitter in regard to law firm marketing.  At the time, I had only been on Twitter for about 2 months so I was speaking as a true rookie.  I told the interviewer that I thought it was too early to tell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/ramblings/twitter/making-twitter-worthwhile-business-endeavor/</link>
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		<title>Legal Ethics Risks Increase When Attorneys Lives Out of Control: Tips for Ending the Chaos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve taught and written about the increased risks of ethics violations and legal malpractice when attorneys&#8217; lives are out of control (this goes for legal staff too).  We fool ourselves into thinking that we&#8217;re better lawyers and legal assistants when we remain in a 90 mph non-stop mode&#8230;worse, some attorneys think you&#8217;re not a real [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/risk-management/legal-ethics-risks-increase-when-attorneys-lives-out-of-control-tips-for-ending-the-chaos/</link>
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		<title>Workplace Complaints? Quit Griping, Start Resolving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Problems at work with a co-worker or supervisor?
Are your workplace gripes fair and legitimate ones?
How long have you had this complaint?
Does your employer offer good guidance regarding how to handle conflicts in the workplace and what to do if you need help?
Would you be described more as a whiner by your co-workers or a person [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/conflict-resolution/workplace/workplace-complaints-quit-griping-start-resolving/</link>
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		<title>My Top 4 Stress Management Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four of my top stress management tips are outlined below ( tops because they are repeatedly tried and proven by me and many others). They help me &#8212; and hopefully will help you &#8212; manage the chaos of our 90 mph lives.  Of course, these tips are by no means intended as all inclusive.  They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/stress-management/stress-management-tips/</link>
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		<title>Problem Managers &amp; Employees: Danger Signals &amp; Red Flags</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MANAGERS/LEADERS/SUPERVISORS

(Note: No Order of Priority Intended….I Consider All These Red Flags as Needing ASAP Attention!)
(c) Nancy Byerly Jones 2010 

Excessive/chronic telephone &#38; email message pileups
Regular client/customer complaints about unreturned telephone calls
Trying to keep up with it all without short hot list (&#8220;cheat sheet&#8221; or &#8220;road map&#8221;) re highest priorities for each day or week
Keeping clients waiting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/progress-busters/problem-managers-employees-danger-signals-red-flags/</link>
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		<title>Bumper Stickers, Motivators, Smiles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is but a promissory note. Today&#8230;it&#8217;s the only cash we have so we&#8217;d best spend it wisely!
Wag More. Bark less.
Never miss a good opportunity to just shut the heck up!
The bee is such a busy soul&#8230;there is no time for birth control.  And that is why in times like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/smiles/bumper-stickers-motivators-smiles/</link>
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		<title>Office Sharing: Maximizing the Benefits &amp; Minimizing the Risks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s Flying Solo, Edition 4 Publication)
Other questions?  Either leave a comment or email me at nbj@nbjconsulting.com and I will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/law-office-office-management-2/office-sharing-maximizing-benefits/</link>
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		<title>Sampling of 2009 Characteristics Shared or Ignored by Successful &amp; Not-So-Successful Law Firms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sampling Characteristics of Successful Firms in 2009:

An ongoing effort to improve management and leadership skills including having the most qualified (vs. most senior, etc.) leaders at the helm
Creating written action plans, monitoring them regularly and holding everyone timely accountable to do their part
Taking the need to market the firm seriously and doing it in ways [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/law-office-office-management-2/sampling-of-2009-characteristics-shared-or-ignored-by-successful-not-so-successful-law-firms/</link>
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		<title>The Top 10 Things That Exhausted &amp; Energized Me in 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Top ten Things that Exhausted Me in 2009:

Having to carry that ol&#8217; imaginary shovel around b/c of all the phoniness and BS in this ol&#8217; world
Folks who are always late and who apologize (again and again) for their tardiness without any intention of acting on their empty apologies
Veneer people &#8211; no substance &#8211; the only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/stress-management/the-top-10-things-that-exhausted-energized-me-in-2009/</link>
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		<title>What Fish and Animals Can Teach Us About How We Manage Stress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just found a fairly quick reading and thought-provoking article on evaluating our stress styles on Kat Tansey&#8217;s blog titled:  What’s your Stress Style: Hamster, Salmon, or Cat? .  After reading this, I can honestly say that for years now I have been striving to be more like the cat described in this article&#8230;.although [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/personal-improvement/mental-health/what-fish-and-animals-can-teach-us-about-how-we-manage-stress/</link>
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		<title>Verbal Violence &amp; Bullying in the Workplace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click here for one of my articles on these two runaway problems in today&#8217;s law firms and other offices.  Workplace bullying and verbal violence poison (dilute at best) any other steps taken to reduce office stress and they are serious productivity and morale thieves.  Sadly, too many leaders allow these destructive behaviors to continue without [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/employees/verbal-violence-bullying-in-the-workplace/</link>
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		<title>5 &#8220;Why Do We&#8230;&#8221; Holiday Questions?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This holiday season I&#8217;ve spent a good bit of time in hospitals and at doctor&#8217;s appointments with my Mother, a true angel on earth if there ever was one!   While I never want her to hurt or be ill, any time I can spend with her or help her is a gift indeed, an honor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/stress-management/5-why-do-we-holiday-questions/</link>
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		<title>Law Firm Leadership</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By clicking here, you&#8217;ll pull up a copy of one of my articles on effective law firm leadership  &#8211; an often talked about subject, but not as often practiced.  This article also includes my simplistic self-audit for privately evaluating our own leadership characteristics.  And, I suggest an easy way to immediately start honing any leadership [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/law-office-office-management-2/law-firm-leadership/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Holiday Health Check&#8221;&#8230;How Are We Handling the Holidays So Far?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now&#8217;s the time to take a deep breath and re-look at our holiday pace, our actions and as painful as it may be&#8230;our attitudes.
(1)  How do we feel&#8230;happy, relaxed or totally overwhelmed, bleary eyed and sleep deprived, no time to think?
(2)  Is part of this because we aren&#8217;t making the time for our normal exercise [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/stress-management/holiday-health-check-how-are-we-handling-the-holidays-so-far/</link>
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		<title>Voice Mail Greetings &amp; Attire In the Professional Office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gotta get vent a bit about one of my pet peeves in the professional office.  I cringe when calling a professional business, doctor&#8217;s office, law firm, etc. only to hear voice mail messages by receptionists or female assistants that appear to have intentional sexual drippings&#8230;.you know the ever-so&#8211;soft, ssslllooooowww, melodic, sometimes raspy female voice. Sorry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/ramblings/professionalism-ramblings/sexy-apparel-voice-mail-greetings-in-the-professional-office-arrrggghhh/</link>
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		<title>Morale Busters and Boosters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many things can bring workplace morale spiraling downward.  Some all-too-common Morale Busters in law offices (and other offices as well)  include:

Rules applied sporadically and unfairly among employees (e.g. starting time, length of lunch breaks, # of vacation days)
An ongoing frantic pace &#8212; day after day &#8212; caused primarily by a supervisor&#8217;s poor planning and organizational [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/employees/morale-busters-and-boosters/</link>
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		<title>Celebrating Great Holiday Moments &#8230; Ignoring the Not-So-Good!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of the best advice I ever received was to cherish the good moments during the holidays.  In other words, instead of our lamenting over the presence of a loud, obnoxious relative or your grumpy ol&#8217; Uncle&#8217;s sour outlook on life, celebrate the one or two moments they actually laughed, shared a rare hug [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/personal-improvement/mental-health/celebrating-great-holiday-moments-ignoring-the-not-so-good/</link>
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		<title>Mrs. Hughes Live At The Ice House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Comedian Mrs. Hughes performs her observational comedy live at the Ice House. I hope you enjoy her unfiltered and witty humor as much as I do. 





		
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		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/smiles/mrs-hughes-live-at-the-ice-house/</link>
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		<title>Avoiding Vacation Procrastination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I recently returned from our first extended vacation in 11 years.  Embarrassing to admit because  if you&#8217;ve been to one of my workshops, you know how strongly I advocate for and teach the importance of making time for regular mini  and extended vacation breaks.  I remind all clients and seminar audiences [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/personal-improvement/mental-health/avoiding-vacation-procrastination/</link>
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		<title>Health-Related Procrastination Can Create Tougher Consequences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s good we don&#8217;t have crystal balls to see into the future because sometimes it would be too overwhelming.  2009 has ended up being a year when I&#8217;ve had to face some health and old horse-related injury matters needing overdue attention.  I won&#8217;t bore you with the details, but bottom line is I am just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/stress-management/health-related-procrastination-can-create-tougher-consequences/</link>
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		<title>What&#039;s Your Brand?</title>
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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&#8217;re on Twitter, don&#8217;t miss Mr. Gibson&#8217;s great tweets as well (@tradesecretlaw).


Everybody Has a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/law-office-office-management-2/whats-your-brand/</link>
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		<title>Preventing Partnership (and Family!) Implosions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello to All!
Copied below is a somewhat altered version of my September  &#8216;09 Lawyers USA column.  It is a further expansion (and more polished!) of my 8/25/09 post on greed and unresolved disputes.  Let me know what you think, what you&#8217;d add or disagree with and best wishes for a wonderful (and safe) upcoming Labor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/conflict-resolution/families/preventing-partnership-and-family-implosions/</link>
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		<title>Greed &amp; Unresolved Disputes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be writing more on this down the road, but recently heard of yet another family that split apart for all the wrong reasons.  This is a family I would have NEVER expected to splinter or to allow greed or desperation or any unresolved other  issues to trump family love, commitment and loyalty.
Far too many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/conflict-resolution/greed-unresolved-disputes/</link>
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		<title>Employee Considerations in Law Firm Mergers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s too little attention paid to our employees and what they are going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/employees/employee-considerations-in-law-firm-mergers/</link>
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		<title>More on the Management of Telecommuters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greetings! 
I&#8217;ve previously blogged about telecommuting in regard to handling in-house employees who may be disgruntled over remote working employees&#160; (http://lawbusinesstips.com/2009/06/24/telecommuting-disgruntled-co-workers/) and experiences shared by other companies (http://lawbusinesstips.com/2009/07/08/telecommuting-cost-savings-cisco/).&#160; Today, I found this blog post that is also worthwhile reading about the management of telecommuters: http://bit.ly/3NxO3N.
In addition to the tips and discussions found in the posts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/employees/more-on-the-advantages-management-of-telecommuters/</link>
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		<title>Blog Update in the Works, Paralegalmentorblog.com &amp; the Word &#8220;Non-Lawyer&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and Welcome!  My very heavy summer business travels and client visits to our farm lately have prevented me from posting as often as I&#8217;d like.  I will do better come September, but in the meantime, grateful for all the business, my GREAT clients and our wonderful farm, family and friends!
Be on the lookout within [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lawbusinesstips.com/office-management/employees/blog-update-in-the-works-paralegalmentorblog-com-the-word-non-lawyer/</link>
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