If your meetings aren’t productive, change the way you meet
by Michelle Hicks, Dolan Media Newswires BOISE, Idaho– In the average organization, meetings cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a year when you calculate the hourly rate of each individual sitting...
View ArticleIt’s time to break up with initial caps
By Karin Ciano Dolan Media Newswires MINNEAPOLIS — Dear Initial Caps: We’ve Traveled a Long Way Together. The Moment I Saw You, I Couldn’t Take My Eyes Off You, and I Still Respect The Way You Get My...
View ArticleMake trust part of work-life balance equation
The popular legal blog Above the Law recently published an email from a Big Law associate to her colleagues. She wrote that “[a]t a recent Women Lawyers meeting,” the firm discussed the notion that...
View ArticleTime out for time-management tips
Is your work never done? Are your clients feeling neglected? A few lessons in time management can reduce that frazzled feeling. That’s what attorney Sarah Sicheneder has been learning from business...
View ArticleTips for cultivating good LinkedIn karma
Every day, I receive invites to join other people’s LinkedIn networks. Sometimes, the volume of these invites can be overwhelming, but because I find LinkedIn offers great value to my career and...
View ArticleSeven strategies for effective IT communication
The speed of technology can seem like a blur at times — is the iPhone 7 really so far away? — and because of that pace, IT communication can be a particularly tough challenge. People who are bombarded...
View ArticleControlling the impact of workplace conflict
Workplace conflict can wreak havoc with office culture, especially if it is ignored or handled improperly. Communication breakdowns and lower productivity can result; such situations also breed...
View ArticleTech Toolkit: What does it really take to go paperless?
At this point in enterprise technology, it’s possible for a firm to be completely paperless, even to the point where clients might sign documents digitally and files are stored in the cloud. So, why...
View ArticleTechnology changes expectations for legal support staff
When James E. Edwards Jr. first began practicing law in 1982, he quickly learned to delegate certain tasks — such as transcribing and typing up documents — to his legal secretary. “One of the senior...
View ArticleLegal Writing Notebook: In with the old, out with the new
Ah, the new year … season of best-of lists, resolutions and transitions. Speaking of transitions, let’s talk for a minute about the ones between sentences. We can all agree that each sentence in a...
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