Continuous Improvement

“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
October 15, 2020
The Notorious RBG may not have known it at the time, but she wasn’t just speaking about societal change. She was speaking to each of us in our own lives. Real change, enduring change in our personal lives also happens one step at a time. In fact, sometimes the smaller the steps, the greater the […]
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“Now’s the time not to be the same.”
– Kevin O’Keefe, CEO and Founder of LexBlog
July 30, 2020
Yesterday I sat down – Zoomwise – with Kevin O’Keefe, CEO and Founder of LexBlog, to interview him for my upcoming book, 50 Lessons for Happy Lawyers: Boost wellness. Build resilience. Yes, you can. I have admired Kevin for years, but we had never met before yesterday. We became Facebook friends earlier this year, and […]
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Want to grow? Want to thrive?
Get good at adapting your behavior.
February 24, 2020
“The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the pitcher.” – Chinese Proverb So, I can hear you thinking, “Wait a minute. I’m already successful. I’m already thriving. It’s all good here. After all, my behavior has got me where I am today.” But where are you exactly? Are you where you […]
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We’ve planned. Now what?
7 Steps to Strategic Planning Success
October 17, 2018
If your firm has ever engaged in the process of strategic planning, you know that the planning retreat is just one step in the process. Firms spend precious time and resources preparing for a planning retreat, then spend time away from the office to attend the retreat and create the plan. Everyone leaves the retreat […]
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Appreciate your team. They’ll THINK better for it.
May 14, 2018
In order to be at our best, in order to think at our best, we need appreciation. While being appreciated for the work we do feels good, it turns out that appreciation can actually boost our brain power. Research reported by Nancy Kline in More Time to Think: The Power of Independent Thinking, shows that […]
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Want a competitive advantage? Think positive.
September 19, 2016
“Positivity opens us. The first core truth about positive emotions is that they open our hearts and our minds, making us more receptive and more creative.” – From Positivity, by Barbara Fredrickson. Gaining a competitive advantage in the incredibly competitive legal profession may be simpler than you think. In fact, it may be all about […]
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Will your next associate be a robot?
May 12, 2016
Change is the law of life. Those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. – John F. Kennedy Will your next associate be a robot? Maybe – and perhaps sooner than you may think. Meet Ross, the world’s first artificially intelligent attorney, built on IBM’s cognitive computer, Watson. […]
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Time for a summer refresher?
July 14, 2014
It’s July. It’s hot. It’s time for vacation. Or maybe you’re just back from vacation. Or maybe you don’t have a vacation planned. (If that’s the case, we need to talk.) During the summer, it’s easy to fall off track and let the good habits you created in the spring fade into the summer sunset. […]
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Will Lean Six Sigma bubble up to Big Law?
January 29, 2014
It’s often said the new ideas in office management and other aspects of the legal practice trickle down from big law firms to smaller firms, and eventually, even to sole practitioners. For example, globalization of the legal profession and market arguably began in big law firms in the 1990s. But now, even sole practitioners understand […]
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Avoiding Extinction
October 12, 2013
“In my view, firms that do not change their business model and embrace innovation are dousing themselves in gasoline and marching along a burning platform to their own destruction.” – Sylvester Bowen, CEO and chairman of Bowen, Fong & Chandri That quote is from the book Avoiding Extinction: Reimagining Legal Services for the 21st Century, by […]
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Continuous Improvement

“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Want to grow? Want to thrive?
Get good at adapting your behavior.

We’ve planned. Now what?
7 Steps to Strategic Planning Success

Appreciate your team. They’ll THINK better for it.

Want a competitive advantage? Think positive.

Will your next associate be a robot?

Time for a summer refresher?

Will Lean Six Sigma bubble up to Big Law?

Avoiding Extinction

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