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Time management is a challenge for us all these days. There are so many more distractions and so many more electronic avenues for assignments to come our way. It is a constant struggle to maintain productivity and a constant goal to improve. Missing a calendar entry can be critical in a law firm, so we…

Leadership and management are often used interchangeably in discussing law firm administration, but there are differences that require different sets of skills. My column in the January/February 2014 Law Practice Magazine is titled Leadership, Management and Herding Cats.

Here's a quote from the column explaining the title:

  • Discussions of managing lawyers often include the

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Can Lawyers Be Luddites? it is sort of a trick question. If you don't know what Luddite means, there is a far greater chance that you are one. I'll give you more information about the origination of the term later in this post, but suffice to say that today Luddite means that you are anti-technology.…

Here's an item for your 2014 calendar. April 1 – Confirm we have no computers using Windows XP in operation at home or work. Now April Fool's Day may seem like a long time off as you read this, but running Windows XP after Microsoft ceases Windows XP support means that you are behaving like a…

We have certainly seen many changes in the way business is done over the last few decades. Many of these have to do with the prominence of the Internet and other technological advances. But others have to do with consumer attitudes and expectations. Innovation is important for today's businesses. Encouraging innovative behavior in law firms…

Doing business in today's world is about innovation and improving efficiency. Sometimes this is a challenge for law firms as they are steeped in precedent, history and tradition. But Jordan Furlong has given us some other reasons in his post "Why lawyers don’t innovate." Hard work and talent will, hopefully, continue to be rewarded. But…