Thinking more clearly about your labor strategy starts here.
Practical reading for firm leaders who want to understand what’s working, what isn’t, and what to do about it.
Two-thirds of workers who accepted a job and discovered they weren’t a good fit resigned within six months. Not two-thirds of bad hires at struggling firms. Two-thirds across the board — including firms that ran a careful process, paid competitively, and moved quickly. The failure pattern doesn’t discriminate by effort. And for most law firms, […]
You gave it a real shot. You found someone, you paid for the placement, you handed them work — and it still fell apart. And the part that bothers you most is that you’re not sure what you did wrong, or if you did anything wrong at all. That’s the part most people don’t talk […]
There’s a version of this that every managing partner I’ve spoken with recognizes the moment I describe it. The firm has been short-staffed for long enough that everyone just adapted. The work is still getting done. Nobody’s complaining — at least not out loud. And somewhere in the back of your mind, a thought has […]
Most law firms that tried remote staffing and walked away didn’t fail because remote work doesn’t work. They failed because the model they used was never built to work. The screening was thin. The onboarding was informal or nonexistent. There was no one with skin in the game after placement was made. The firm was […]
If you’ve been running a law firm for any length of time, you’ve probably made a quiet peace with hiring being difficult. You’ve adjusted your expectations, shortened your timelines, and learned to fill seats faster even if you can’t fill them better. That’s a reasonable adaptation to what feels like a temporary problem. It isn’t […]
