This year I am committed to helping you grow your practice. As such, I’ll be rolling out new content across multiple platforms throughout the year. I have created a series of lessons which, over the course of the year, will cover all seven of the critical business...

I hate blogging. Don’t ask me to blog, because I never will.” That’s how the first conversation started with a new client of mine back in 2014. My response to her was: “You don’t have to blog if you don’t want to. There are many other ways you can market your...

Ever have one of those days? Or weeks? Or even months? Seems like more than a few business owners were struggling through this first quarter, at least based on the social buzz in my feed and the conversations lighting up my Messenger messages. And not just in...

My client, Kay*, has been struggling for months. Like many entrepreneurs, she managed to embroil herself in two startups. At first, she was excited, thinking she could easily do it all. After all, she had partners and staff in one business, and that left her lots of...

Maybe you are a “nice” person. Maybe not. I don’t know.What I do know is what I read and hear—far too many women lawyers and other women bosses discussing whether they should reprimand (or fire) this employee or that for clearly unprofessional behavior.Examples:...

Listen, I get it. Good help IS hard to find. I’ve been through a few bad apples myself. I’ve also coached many attorneys through the process of firing bad-fit employees, and hiring, on-boarding and training shiny, new employees.However, if you find yourself going...

Want to know the secret I teach my private clients to help them attract their ideal clients month-in-and-month-out? Honestly, it’s not so much a “secret” as it is an approach. In fact, many marketing experts can break down the first part for you:1. Identify your ideal...

Do you have Imposter Syndrome? Imposter Syndrome is a belief that we are not good enough, accomplished enough, or smart enough and any minute now, we will be exposed as a fraud or imposter and become the laughingstock. Or worse. Many people struggle with this...

Does this sound familiar?“I need systems!”I hear that at least once or twice a week—much more if you count what I read on social media—from solo lawyers trying to grow their law practices while keeping their sanity.But when I ask: “What do you mean by ‘systems?’” the...

I just took a vacation. Two in fact. An extended one in October and a weekend beach getaway last weekend for husband's birthday. Our last vacation was two years ago for an anniversary. And, before that...well, hubby and I had not taken a "real" vacation since we...

Over dinner last night with a dear friend (a fellow attorney), we discussed our careers, and she shared with me the moment she fell out of love with hers. She’d been an adoption lawyer for decades.“I remember working at my dining room table while I bounced my own...