Time Management
3 Reasons Compliant Time Tracking is Essential For Growing Firms
Category: Blog, Legal, Time Management
Compliant time tracking. When most hear this phrase they instantly glaze over. Compliance. If you’re like most professionals, the word “compliance” induces a special kind of dread. If you’ve experienced the demands that come with compliance requirements you know why. It’s a lot of work. Compliant Time Tracking: The secret
How Excel Costs You Time and Money
Category: Accounting, Blog, Legal, Running Your Business, Time Management
Quick, take a guess. What’s the fastest way to boost productivity, increase your firm’s revenue by 50 percent and strengthen client relationships? There’s a simple strategy you can use to achieve these results almost overnight. Give up? Dump your time tracking spreadsheets. If you’re using an excel spreadsheet to manage
3 Ways Attorneys Should Be Using Their Calendars
Category: Blog, Legal, Running Your Business, Small Business, Time Management
What’s the best part about having a specialized attorney calendar? Not using it! It’s a feeling many attorneys seem to share in the legal world. Their attorneys calendars aren’t performing the way they need them to. Instead of creating freedom, structure and control, calendars restrict it. It’s not your calendar’s
3 Ways to (Actually) Disconnect from Work
Category: Blog, Legal, Running Your Business, Time Management
What would you do if I told you to stop thinking about yellow ties? Your brain would instantly focus on yellow ties. The more you tried to shift your focus away from the yellow tie, the more you’d obsess over it. There’s a secret hidden here. It’s the secret to
3 Realistic Vacations for Families of Busy Attorneys
Category: Blog, Legal, Small Business, Time Management
A recent survey by global recruiting firm Robert Walters lists attorneys as the hardest working professional. The implication is clear isn’t it? Attorneys work a little too hard. You know it. So does every other attorney in the industry. So does every other attorney in the industry. You protect your
The Business of Effective Timekeeping
Category: Blog, Running Your Business, Small Business, Time Management
Today, successful law firm owners have to start thinking less like lawyers and more like business owners. These leaders are looking beyond billable hours, implementing business practices and metrics to increase time-billing productivity and the bottom line. Why You Should Measure Utilization Rates, Not Just Billable Hours The utilization rate