Recently, we crossed the 6-month mark for the initial members of the ADVOS Accelerator (we call them the Founders Club), who have now experienced 2 Quarterly Strategic Planning sessions, 2 Quarterly Themed Workshops, and 6 monthly small group ("pod") Roundtable sessions. Our Accelerator members have...
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You break into a cold sweat. Your mouth goes dry. Your cheeks flush bright red. You'd give your right arm for any sort of distraction, anything to let you off the hook. Rewind 30 seconds - what just happened? The client sitting in front of you just...
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In the last few weeks, we have had lots of conversation with our Accelerator members about challenges around staffing – recruiting & hiring, performance management, division of labor, firing, and all of the micro-challenges in between. If you’re a solo lawyer or small firm owner facing...
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Ever heard the challenge to "be a thermostat, not a thermometer"? I love that one from Dr. King, and the empowerment and agency that come with it. It challenges us to set - and maintain - the temperature, not just report on or be in...
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When you've got your eye on a new "gadget", or are gasping for air under an enormous pile of work, and wondering whether tech could help you make things more efficient, the first instinct can be to go straight for the shiny object - the...
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As we stand at the midpoint of 2024 (how did that happen?!), now is the perfect time for reflection and planning. The ADVOS team and our law firm owner clients ask ourselves these questions as we continuously work together to build dream firms: Reflection: Review our calendars (and...
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I remember the first time I learned that lawyers bill in six-minute increments for things like reading and responding to email, faxing a document (the millennial in me is appalled!), and leaving a voicemail. I'd never before thought about how long it takes me to...
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As lawyers, we often find ourselves reminding our clients that if they aren’t completely honest with us about what’s going on, and we don’t have the whole picture, then we can’t deliver our best work to solve their problem. Trying to solve legal issues with partial...
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What’s with the name? We're frequently asked why the name "ADVOS". Like so much about the nearly 10 year journey, it was a reaction to the way it has always been done, that then found a source of original inspiration and ultimately grew to have...
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The more lawyers I talk to, the more I am convinced that most law firm owners are absolutely terrified of digging in to their firm's financial performance. In large part, that's because they feel like they don't (and can't) understand the mystery of "the numbers"....
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