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Culture is Defined by the Worst Behavior Tolerated
I wish I could take credit for the line in the title. But, I can’t. It has, however, been rumbling around in my brain for the past couple of days since I heard John Amaechi say it on a recent episode of Adam Grant’s podcast “Worklife” (Go listen to the whole episode, it’s very thought-provoking)
In an episode about how to build an anti-racist workplace, this was the line that sort of stopped not only me, but Adam as well. And, I think it applies to much more than anti-racism.
Linked: Lessons from legal service companies (Part 1)
This series at Trial by Tech may be something you want to keep an eye on over the next couple of upcoming posts. I’m sure I will but I think this first part, identifying why legal consumers are turning to legal service companies can really be boiled down to this: “In another survey posted by…
Shared Links (weekly) Feb. 20, 2022
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Thinking About Employees’ Lives and Ambitions Outside of Work Can Improve Law Firm Culture
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From The Water Cooler to the DMs – Tips and Tricks for Efficiently Reviewing Chat Communications
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Don’t Click on That QR Code Until You’ve Read the FBI’s Warning!
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Businesses Must Contemplate Employees’ Use of Messaging Apps on Personal Devices
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A Majority Of Surveyed Companies Were Hit By Ransomware Attacks In 2021—And Paid Ransom Demands
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Linked – AI Will Save Lawyers Time – But Does Anyone Want That?
If the number they quote in the article about gaining four hours per week is accurate, that’s a massive change. In the last few months, many people in the industry have mentioned fixed-rate billing. It’s been an option for law firms for a long time, but it’s only gotten slight traction so far.Â
That might be about to change. Justifying the current economic model and investing in AI tools that save this much time will be quite challenging. The risks involved with “finding” more billable time are too high. I know; I’ve worked as a consultant before, and while it sounds great that finishing projects ahead of time frees you up to work on other projects, when those other projects don’t come in, you wind up short on your billable hour requirements and those tools that were supposed to make your work-life better, suddenly make it a lot worse.Â
Linked: Employer initiatives to increase staff wellbeing found to be ineffective
You do see the problem here, right? As an employee, great that there’s a webinar planned on stress management, but if I now have to work an hour later that day in order to attend the webinar, it’s not helping. Lots of HR departments are making tools available, but managers are still expecting the same amount of work, with the same crazy deadlines and expectations, from a likely short-staffed team, so who has time to use them?
So they don’t help. Not because they aren’t helpful, but because you’ve made self-care and wellbeing yet another thing for your employees to do.
Employee burnout does not exist solely because your employees haven’t figured out how to meditate. It’s systemic to our way of doing business. Unless that changes, we’re just rearranging deck chairs.
