Managing Information Overload: What to do When the Information Age Has You Overwhelmed

Posted 09.22.2007 in Practice Management, Time Management

Several weeks ago a friend, the executive director of an organization, confessed that his office is a disaster. Professional journals pile up, phone messages are unanswered. Projects remain half completed. The in-box has become a storage box. Every meeting ends with additional paper and tasks to complete. E-mails arrive fast and furious begging for immediate [...]

Stay on Top of Your Workload: Manage Your Cases Like Projects

Posted 06.26.2007 in Time Management

When I ask attorneys if they are staying on top of their workload, the usual answer is “no.” Lawyers tend to work in a crisis management mode, proceeding from due date to due date. The calendar of filing deadlines drives the practice and rush jobs are common. Lawyers could benefit from applying project management techniques [...]

Tips for e-mail sanity

Posted 04.10.2006 in Technology, Time Management

There is a growing movement of good people out there called “Life Hackers.” Life hacks are tips and ideas to improve efficiency and get things off your mind, they generally have a technology slant. Some of the best commentary and thoughts on this topic can be found on www.43folders.com.
A few of the tips I’ve [...]

Blackberry Thumb | Brain Numb

Posted 03.15.2006 in Technology, Time Management

In 1999 I unpacked my very first Blackberry wireless e-mail device and was elated. I could now receive e-mail anywhere, instantly. Better than that I could easily respond to messages and completely conceal the fact that I was not dutifully sitting in front of my computer just waiting for new messages. The Blackberry [...]

Trying to Balance Work and Family

Posted 05.01.2005 in Time Management

In a recent issue of the ABA Journal e-Report, lawyers provided their children’s comments on their parents’ jobs. One lawyer described a day when her child care person was sick and she took her young daughter to court, leaving her with a bailiff while she had a hearing in the judge’s chambers. When the lawyer [...]

Coaching For Lawyers

Posted 07.01.2004 in Marketing, Time Management

Executive coaching, a professional development tool that combines strategic consulting and problem-solving counseling to help professionals set and reach their business and/or personal goals, has in the past decade found much support in the business community. Managers in corporations, including blue chip companies such as IBM, AT&T and Kodak, are realizing its benefits. Lawyers on [...]