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Lead Each Other
Leadership Sought The times that leaders are most needed are when things are uncertain, stressful or overwhelming. Those are the times when leaders have the opportunity to assume a leader role, regardless of their title or experience. People who lead look for the...
Prevent Pollution In Your Firm
Firm Pollution When we hear about pollution, we naturally think of the physical environment. But what about the environment in your firm? Could it be tainted by pollutants as well? I’m speaking about the relational and emotional environment with your colleagues and...
MOST Important and MOST Valuable
Deadlines Are Important My tax accounting clients are very busy these days because September 15, 30, and October 15 are important filing deadlines. Their staff are busy preparing the returns and their clients are counting on them to deliver. If you don’t think their...
More Than Time Management
The Good Ol’ Days Many managers and partners remember the day when their bosses would back up the proverbial dump truck full of client files and unload, leaving it up to them to figure out how to get it all done. They did what they had to do, sometimes at great...
What the Great Resignation Really Means
Increase in Employee Attrition Over the past 18 months, there has been a dramatic increase of people quitting their jobs. Numerous explanations have been given, including stress and burnout from their work, realization of what is really important to them and...
The Role of Partner
Incomplete View Because I spend most of my time with managers and partners, my observations and perspectives are particularly attuned to the issues that affect them. One observation about new and aspiring partners is that they have an incomplete view of partnership on...
What’s Your Specialty?
The Challenge In my coaching with managers and partners, I find that many are experiencing a good bit of confusion and anxiety about declaring their area of specialization. Their firm leaders are prompting them to more narrowly define what they do. They want you to...
Why Work/Life Balance Never Does
W/L Balance Origin There is so much emphasis on finding balance in your life. And rightly so. Professional service is a demanding profession and if you aren’t that interested in serving, your career can be brutal. So finding ways of having a professional career and a...
Find What You Love
Reactions to Last Week’s Post Last week’s message was that your PTO isn’t a benefit to squander on the next action-packed extravaganza. Your PTO is provided to you first and foremost for your recovery and renewal. Your work is demanding and requires your all, your...
PTO Is Not A Benefit
Was A Benefit I remember when I interviewed candidates to hire for our firm, one of the questions that came up had to do with time off: vacation, sick time, flex time, etc. This was back when we tracked each of those categories separately. Now they are combined into...
