A busy legal practice will keep giving you things to respond to.

Calls. Emails. Clients. Other lawyers. Team members. Urgent...

Busy is easy to measure in law. 

Hours worked. Billables recorded. Matters handled. Emails answered. Work produced.

And the...

The demands of legal practice are real.

But working longer isn't always the answer.

High-performing lawyers make deliberate...

“That’s just how it is in law. That’s what it takes.” 

Stay late. Be available. Say yes. Get the work done.

And when you’re...

For most of his swimming career, Australian swimmer Cameron McEvoy trained the way elite swimmers trained.

Lots of swimming.

Up...

“I just need to get through this.”

Most barristers and senior lawyers have said some version of it.

Get through the hear...

Most firms, chambers, organisations and mediations can tell you what they value.

Respect. Excellence. Integrity. Honesty....

We’ve all worked with someone whose behaviour gets excused with:
“That’s just what they’re like.” 

But there’s a consequence...

Who is your mediator prepared to challenge? 

The other side?

Easy.

Your client?

Maybe.

You?

Because sometimes the perso...