This fall, I decided to sign up for some clinics at my squash club. I enjoy the sport and find it to be an amazing workout. But I'd like to [...]
Thinking like a lawyer is good for your clients. They are paying you to be skeptical and not take at face value what opposing counsel or the lawyer on the [...]
Giving referrals is one of the best ways to get referrals. It is human nature to want to reciprocate. If you send business to one of your referral sources, you [...]
AI is giving us the opportunity to create images at zero cost. I’ve been playing with it to generate images for some LinkedIn posts. But sometimes it really gets it [...]
As attorneys, we share many qualities that make us effective in representing our clients. Our skepticism, aversion to risk, sense of urgency, competitiveness, and pessimism, can all be good for [...]
This past year, I've been writing and speaking a lot about lawyer personalities (see e.g. here and here.) My basic argument is that the things that make us good lawyers [...]
For many lawyers, carving out time for marketing activities is challenging. When there is billable work to do, spending time on things that don’t immediately generate revenue is hard to [...]
What is executive presence, why is it important to your career advancement, and what can you do to build it? Those were some of the topics I discussed with John [...]
I don’t collect artwork. Aside from the expense, I like things I can easily share with other people . . . like memes. And since I joined the ProVisors business [...]
Trust is the bedrock of effective leadership. If those you lead don't trust you, they won't willingly follow you. Setting politics aside, Kevin McCarthy's recent experience stands as a testament [...]
Counsel to Counsel BlogStephen Seckler2022-03-18T17:51:52+00:00