Join me for a live streaming coaching pod-cast entitled, “Law-It’s a Business”. Part one of this series starts tomorrow, Tuesday May 7th,at 4pm EST. If you are unable to attend live, a recording of each podcast will be available for you to view anytime.
This series is primarily designed for small firm owners and managing partners. However if you are a lawyer focused on growing your practice or firm, you will find highly valuable content throughout.
If you are a managing partner or founder of a law firm, and looking to grow, you won’t want to miss this. Join me live on Tuesday May 7th, at 7 pm EST for the first of a series of podcasts entitled, Law – It’s a Business.
I will be sharing the very same strategies I do with my clients who are successfully leading their firms to increased efficiency, productivity, higher growth and profitability.
This will be a live coaching session so I invite you to bring those burning questions you have about business development and marketing.
Join me for a live streaming coaching pod-cast, “Law-It’s a Business”, beginning Tuesday May 7th. If you are unable to attend live, a recording of each podcast will be available for you to view anytime.
This series is geared towards small firm owners and managing partners, however all lawyers who are serious about growing their firms or practices will find highly valuable content throughout.
KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators). What are they? The name pretty much speaks for itself. What are they for you? How do you use them to help you grow and become more profitable?
Consider these as some starting points in figuring out your KPI’s: Individual performance, team performance, performance improvement, (especially after a staff review or implementing a new system or policy), productivity, profitability of files, profitability of each practice area, hours spent generating the work, vs. revenues generated, your time invested, your people’s time invested, basically any and all investments you make in growing your firm.
How else will you know if what you are doing is working?
Then…If it’s working, first, understand why? Then do more of it and look for similar strategies.
If it’s not working, again, understand why? Then stop it immediately and anything else like it. Take the time and money from the under performing areas and re-allocate it to the areas that are working.
Growing your firm is not simply about getting more clients. It’s also about getting your marketing and business development strategies right-with pin-point accuracy.
Whether you are growing beyond solo practice to creating a firm, a partner growing your team, or a managing partner growing your firm, this simple formula can help you navigate the way forward with respect to growth and staffing.
It’s far too common for lawyers to wait until they are at maximum capacity and beyond to bring in help. Managing growth is a good problem to have, however, it does pose new challenges.
So here it is. When you are at about 60% capacity, start looking to recruit. That gives you the luxury of time to find the right people. You can be selective and not panic. You can take your time to find the right people and fit. And, that way, by the time you are at 80% capacity, you will still have time to groom, mentor, train, and get your people up to speed before you hit your wall.
If you wait until later, you may, as is often the case, find yourself in a never-ending cycle of chicken and egg. Where is the time to train? Who do you bring on? “Oh, I might as well just do it myself-even though that means long nights and weekends.” Think forward. don’t get caught thinking I can’t afford to bring someone in right now. Can you afford not to?
Sure, there are many other factors here: Letting go of the reigns, quality control, consistency, profitability. But they are all better managed when you are proactive and plan ahead. Think forward!
Over time little drops of water accumulate and form a puddle; growing into a stream, flowing into a river and eventually creating a lake, rushing into the ocean. And that’s exactly how growing your practice or firm works. New habits take time, and with repetition create lasting and impactful results. It all starts with that first drop; or in your case, first step.
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