by Elizabeth | Jun 21, 2019 | business development
Happy Summer Solstice, lawyers! On this longest day of the year, take a few minutes to blow the dust off the one page business development plan you wrote in January for your law practice. Perhaps you made notes with good intentions in December or, better yet, you...
by Elizabeth | Nov 3, 2016 | business development
It’s Q4 and the law firm is asking you for your business development plan for 2017! Or you keep telling yourself that next year will be the year you really break through! Where’s your plan for that? How will you make that happen? What will help you...
by Elizabeth | Feb 25, 2013 | business development, career management
When going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce. In other words, visualize success. That’s what I reminded a client in advance of her interview this week. I do, and I believe it works. Even if you’re skeptical, visualizing success doesn’t...
by Elizabeth | Dec 28, 2010 | career management, practice & time management
What are you most proud of from 2010? When I asked my lawyer clients this question last week and this week, almost all of them said they are most proud of how they have taken more control of their practice, career or work day this year. And almost all of them say they...
by Elizabeth | Aug 17, 2010 | career management
Writer Mike Scott interviewed me for today’s Detroit Legal News article for law students and new lawyers about standing out in today’s tight job market. When he called me, I thought of all the law students and recent graduates who spend most of their job...
