By Lynne Curry A law office manager must be able to have difficult conversations with staffers, speaking up with the right words at the right time. Is this difficult for you? Why can’t you say what you want to say? Is it: You’re afraid if you speak up or try to fix things, you’ll make them worse? You’re afraid you’ll make someone angry and lose a relationship or job? You’re afraid you’ll say the wrong thing or otherwise stick your foot in your mouth? You’re afraid the other person might retaliate? You fear that regardless of what you say, it won’t make a positive difference. You’re afraid you’ll be seen as uncaring or judgmental. You fear that if you start to speak, you’ll have “taken the cork out of the… . . . read more
