Nothing can shatter a meeting quite like difficult behaviour from one or more of the participants. It is not easy to run a successful meeting at the best of times, and...

Executing the meeting is where it all comes together – all of the careful planning, all of the meticulous preparation. These foundations are important, but how you handle the...

In my last blog post, I asked the question: What is the point of your team meetings? In other words, why have them at all? If you are unsold on the idea of the much-maligned...

This is a question which must have been asked countless times by countless lawyers. It is popular to grumble and whinge about team meetings, and there are so many jokes and...

Time. For a busy lawyer, there’s never enough of it. Time pressure is one of the most significant factors causing lawyers to ‘burn-out’ at work. Heavy workloads, crucial...

As a skills trainer for lawyers, seeing people work to improve themselves and become the best they can be, is part of my raison d’etre. It is always commendable for someone to...

When it’s time for you to conduct staff appraisal meetings in your organisation, how does it make you feel? Does your heart sing, anticipating meaningful, productive...

8 ways you can improve your profile Christmas comes but once a year – if only our LinkedIn profiles were spruced up so frequently! For many solicitors, their LinkedIn profile...

Life in the law has many positive sides, but it is rarely easy! Standing up to the challenges which legal life throws at you is a key skill to a successful career, and a happy...

This is a question I often ask people when I deliver Leadership and Management training. I find it prompts people to look again at the idea of leadership in their working...