If you watched the NFL Draft on Thursday night, you may have caught Gatorade’s commercial tribute to Peyton Manning. If you didn’t, you can see it here: As I watched it, the one thing that jumped out at me was that all of these people who had handwritten notes from Peyton that they had…
That’s the message from the latest ILTA Publication – Litigation and Practice Support: A Career in Metamorphosis. There’s a lot of good information in there. I’ve only started browsing the articles but much of it resonates with what I’ve been seeing, and saying. The field has gotten much more technical. It had to. The key…
“The thought that networking would be one of the most important aspects of my career never occurred to me. It wasn’t until much later that I understood what people were saying. The problem wasn’t that I was a bad networker, it was that I was following a recipe that was just not made for my…
“Aside from salary, career development (33%) and work-life balance (25%) were cited as the most important factors for employees when considering new roles. However just 14% of employers said that work-life balance was important when attracting staff. According to the results, 43% of legal employees said their work-life balance was average or below average. Meanwhile…
“Be Clear in Your Communication: You always have to be transparent when communicating with your employees. Even if the news are bad, you should still clearly talk with your employees and explain them what is going on within the company. Create time to listen to your employees’ concerns and do your best to solve them….
“The takeaway: Relationships form the bedrock of any successful business- or career-building strategy. But it’s tough to build relationships without networking, and it’s tough to start networking if you’ve bought into its less-than-stellar reputation. It’s time to fix that, and start amassing the relationship capital that will pay both short- and long-term dividends for you…