Does your professional practice understand the continuum of trust? Businesses that embrace lateral leadership models inspire true creativity because they invite the flow of trust throughout their organization. Leaders trust themselves to know when to lead the organization into new territory. Leaders trust their teams to find innovative ways to make their vision a reality. […]
Winning in the Recession – Run a Professional Practice Like a Business
Let’s continue with our series, Winning in the Recession – A Primer for Canadian Professional Practices, by building on the first essential: Running a professional practice like a business. Larry Bodine, an Illinois-based, law practice business advisor gets back to the basics in his article, Recession will Forever Change the Legal Profession: I think the […]
Mastering Delegation in Your Practice Management
Effective delegation reduces stress and enables practice management. The problem is that most sole proprietors feel conflicted about delegating tasks they are used to implementing themselves because it feels like they are losing control. The answer is not to avoid delegation but rather to identify a process that enables the establishment of a healthy form […]
Who is Accountable for Practice Development at Your Firm?
A key topic for discussion in all the strategic plans that I facilitate is practice development. While professional service firms are generally clear as to client file accountability, practice development accountability sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. Yet according to The Legal Marketing Blog’s summary of a recent research study, assigning the role of ‘client […]
What do Business Consultants do?
I was cyber-interviewed by the No Limits Ladies, a blog focused on financial freedom, about the role of a business consultant in building a business. Here are excerpts from both interviews. When To Bring In A Consultant “Any business that is planning for change or already experiencing it can benefit from the advice of a […]