According to best-selling author Regina Brett, “Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and…
WORKING WITH LAWYERS
9 ways to stay neutral (and sane) when reporting to multiple lawyers
June 21, 2019 by
The job of managing a law office can be unpredictable, because you often don’t have the luxury of answering to just one boss. Instead, there are as many bosses as there are…
YOUR CAREER
10 ways managers are improving their law firms
June 14, 2019 by
Ah, the woes of running a law office. You know them well: Reams of reports, scheduling squabbles, technology tangles, and so much more. It takes a lot of skill, patience, and strategy to make a…
YOUR CAREER
Regain control of your personal life by setting boundaries on your professional life
June 14, 2019 by
“Boundary setting is really a huge part of time management,” says world-renowned performance psychologist and author…
MANAGING THE OFFICE
Use straight talk to solve 4 common people problems in your firm
June 7, 2019 by
The key to success as a manager is being up-front with employees. Yet that is what managers are most reluctant to do. They don’t want to sit down with a staff member and say…
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
To-Dos: Your June office checklist
May 31, 2019 by
As we near the end of the second quarter, it’s a good time to see if the firm, staff, and you are all on track with respect to the goals you set in January or if any course corrections are needed. Here are a few areas you…
YOUR CAREER
How to ask the partners for an evaluation
May 31, 2019 by
To assure continuing success at the job, the new administrator should make sure an evaluation is scheduled within the…
YOUR CAREER
How to turn a bad annual review into a self-improvement action plan
May 17, 2019 by
We’re all human. Anyone can get into situations that are less than successful. And anyone can meet with a bad job review…
YOUR CAREER
8 proven ways to totally destroy your credibility as a manager
May 3, 2019 by
A manager can have great knowledge and great skills, but without credibility with both attorneys and staff, don’t expect…
MANAGING THE OFFICE
The importance of recognizing your employees’ hard work
April 19, 2019 by
Happy Administrative Professionals Week! What have you got planned to acknowledge your hard-working support staff? If you’ve decided to do nothing this year, you may want to…
