

Un-Billable Hour: Business Management Strategies for the Busy Lawyer Around the Community Table
Legal Talk Network
Managing your law practice can be challenging. Marketing, time management, attracting clients and all the things (besides the cases) that you need to do, but aren't billable. Welcome to this edition of "Un-Billable Hour" ...the law practice advisory podcast! This is where you'll get the information you need from expert guests and host Christopher T. Anderson.
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Aug 31, 2021 • 38min
Your Information, Their Decision
Initial prospect consultations are lost hours if the prospect doesn’t become a client. Guest Theophan McKenzie is a professional sales consultant who helps attorneys and law firms across the country learn a better way to stop wasting time and stop letting prospects walk out the door. McKenzie’s innovative, nontraditional sales techniques teach attorneys to turn off their “lawyer brain” and build immediate, lasting connections with prospects. Learn how to stop selling yourself and start listening to the prospective client.Special thanks to our sponsors Law Clerk, Alert Communications, LawYaw, and Scorpion.

Jul 27, 2021 • 39min
Coaching to Success
From the football field to the boardroom, talent development expert Ben Murphy has learned a few moves critical to building a motivated and productive team.Host Christopher Anderson and Murphy discuss how law firms can better hire, train, motivate and retain a team.Murphy explains why 56% of executives fail within 18 months of being hired and how to avoid these common pitfalls. He also details how managers can effectively manage a team working remotely and manage across generational divides.Ben Murphy is vice president of Titus Talent Strategies.Special thanks to our sponsors, Scorpion, Lawclerk, Alert Communications and LawYaw.

Jul 2, 2021 • 38min
Herding Cats
Giugi Carminati reveals the lawyer traits that show lawyers desperately need legal project management, yet still resist. Special thanks to our sponsors, Scorpion, Lawclerk, Alert Communications and LawYaw.

May 25, 2021 • 40min
Help Is Easier to Get
Entrepreneur Jaclyn Foster compares contract versus full-time paralegal services from cost to efficiency and battling turnover. Special thanks to our sponsors, Scorpion, Lawclerk, Alert Communications and LawYaw.

Apr 27, 2021 • 43min
Law Firm Growth Is No Accident
Success coach Ken Hardison shares what it takes to assemble an A-team for a lucrative and satisfying law practice.
Special thanks to our sponsors, Scorpion, Lawclerk, Alert Communications and LawYaw.

Mar 23, 2021 • 41min
It’s Not About the Leads, It’s What You Do With Them
Do lawyers need more client leads? Legal marketing expert Kara Prior has an answer you might not expect.

Feb 23, 2021 • 38min
Business Development: Planning and Practicing
How business development relates to marketing, sales and client acquisition for lawyers.

Jan 26, 2021 • 43min
Being a Business Visionary
How to embrace your role as the CEO, from developing a plan and first hires to keeping control of the roles you enjoy most.

Dec 22, 2020 • 35min
Data Is Such a Powerful Tool
Tracers President Erik Pickering offers a five-part strategy to thrive post-pandemic and shares how data research can make or break a case.

Nov 24, 2020 • 39min
Profit First: Helping Law Firm Owners Serve Their Clients Best
Family lawyer Jenny Bradley shares how a profit-first financial strategy increases profits, saves time, and improves business relationships.