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For Growth You Need More and Less |
I was thinking today about the traits or behaviors that a solo lawyer trying to transition his firm from a startup to a growth stage should focus on. I came up with a list of certain things which I think such a lawyer should do more, and certain things they should do less.
Do these more:
- Focus
- Manage proactively
- Delegate and outsource
- Establish systems and structures
- Trust your team members and hold them accountable
- Strategic planning
- Share credit
- Market the practice
- Spend a designated portion of every day or every week on the “big picture” not just the day to day operations
Do these less:
- Solve all of the problems
- Answer all of the questions
- Manage reactively
- Make all of the decisions
- Shoot from the hip
- Do all of the technical legal work in the firm
- Think short term
What have I left out?
Tags:Law Practice Management The Business of Law
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