About MyCase
Built as a complete platform, MyCase offers features that seamlessly cover all the daily functions that a modern, small law firm requires in one place at an affordable price.
MyCase Web-Based Legal Practice Management Software
Just $39/month per attorney
$29/month per paralegal or staff
About MyCase
•Modern and professional design built for your firm•Social media and blog integration•Complete integration with MyCase practice management software
MyCase Websites
About Our Presenter
• Debra L. Bruce, JD, PCC
• President, Lawyer-Coach LLC
• “Coaching & training on what law
schools don’t teach about practicing
law”
• Practiced law 18 yrs - corporate &
securities, M&A
• Coaching lawyers 15 yrs
• ABA Law Practice Division – Law
Practice mag & other boards
• Served as Vice Chair, Law Practice
Management Committee of Texas Bar
Debra Bruce
5 Obstacles to Satisfaction
1. Problems in managing conflicts with other people
2. Stress from work overload and disorganization
3. Lack of sense of meaning and purpose
4. Inadequate connection and support from colleagues
5. Fixed mindset
Poll #1
Can’t count on subordinates to do it timely & right Demanding and disrespectful supervisors or peers Clients with unreasonable expectations Hostile opposing counsel
Which are the biggest stressors with other people in your practice?
Key Solution Path #1
• Listen more than you talk• Clarity about requests – yours and theirs• Agree on accountability – Who, What, When, Followup• Cultivate trust by making it safe
Separate needs from strategies
Contrasting to assuage fears
Find common Goals
Communication Skills Improve Influence
Poll #2
• Too many interruptions during the day
• Can’t delegate to someone I can depend on to get it right
• Hunting for documents or information
• Worry about missing a deadline or commitment
• Too many obligations piling up at the same time
Which of these stressors strains your practice most?
Key Solution Path #2
Practice management software makes it easier
• Track all projects and due dates • Go digital – avoid hunting for paper• Templates for frequently occurring tasks• Delegate with checklists and templates• Accountability record for assigned tasks • All matter activity 1 click away• Commitments visible - avoid overloading
Consistent Systems
Key Solution Path # 2 cont’d
• Update to-do list daily• Top 3 daily priorities• Uninterrupted productivity time• Less but better essentialism• Delegate to focus on your highest use• Quick standing daily meeting • Identify & remove bottlenecks
Personal Productivity Habits
Poll #3
• Most of the day every day• Daily• Several times per week• Once in a while• I wish…
How often do you get to do work you love to do?
Key Solution Path #3
• Do you know your strengths and values?• Does your work call for you to use your strengths every day? • Does this give you an opportunity to stretch and grow?• What meaningful need do you meet?• How can you make a difference to your clients or co-workers?• How would their lives change if your function disappeared?• Does your organization’s mission align with your values?• What is in your control to enhance the meaning of your work?
Meaning and Purpose
Poll #4
• I frequently lunch or socialize with someone from the office.• Occasionally I have lunch with co-workers, but that’s it.• Others in the office socialize with each other, but I don’t.• Almost no one socializes with others in the office.
Which is most accurate about your relationships at work?
Key Solution Path #4
Gallup, Wharton, U of Michigan & other studies find correlation of quality of workplace relationships with job satisfaction
• Initiate social time
• Make deposits in emotional bank
account
• Be curious – something interesting
about everybody
• Demonstrate concern for their interests
• Find something in common you both
enjoy
Enhance Workplace Relationships
Poll #5
• You can learn new things, but you can’t really change your basic intelligence.
• You can change even your basic level of talent considerably.• Some people just aren’t creative.
Which statement do you agree with most?
Key Solution Path #5
Identify Your Mindset
Fixed Mindset: Believe traits and abilities are fixed
Growth Mindset: Believe can be developed through effort
Growth Mindset Exercises
• Recognize your fixed mindset voice and stretch
• See criticism as unstated request or useful
feedback
• Recognize setbacks as signals to make
adjustments
• Tell yourself “not yet” or “up until now”
Key Solution Path #5 cont’d
Gratitude Exercises
• Express gratitude to others, including why• Daily gratitude list• 3 Blessings: What went well today? Why?
Gratitude
Grateful people are more likely to:• Use better coping strategies• Seek supportiveness of social networks• Experience less stress
Contact Us
Debra L. BruceLawyer-Coach [email protected]
MyCase.comMyCase.com/[email protected](800) 571-806230-Day FREE Trial
MyCaseWeb-Based Legal Practice Management Software
Get 10% Off Your First 6 Months With
MyCase Using Promo Code: 10SAT15