Law Tips And Info » Law Firm Human Resources http://www.lawtipsandinfo.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:09:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Think Pink ! Motivators More Powerful than Money (revisited) http://www.gerryriskin.com/law-firm-economics-think-pink-motivators-more-powerful-than-money-revisited.html http://www.gerryriskin.com/law-firm-economics-think-pink-motivators-more-powerful-than-money-revisited.html#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:08:46 +0000 Gerry Riskin http://www.gerryriskin.com/law-firm-economics-think-pink-motivators-more-powerful-than-money-revisited.html This clever animation may reinforce Dan Pink's message from his new book Drive. 

Compensation has been the tool of choice in law firms to reward good performance, punish the absence of it and drive change.

You will not want to believe what you are about to hear and see…  ask yourself why?

If you are enlightened, gather your management team and start thinking about how to harness the learnings to create peak performance and lower turnover in your firm.

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This clever animation may reinforce Dan Pink's message from his new book Drive. 

Compensation has been the tool of choice in law firms to reward good performance, punish the absence of it and drive change.

You will not want to believe what you are about to hear and see…  ask yourself why?

If you are enlightened, gather your management team and start thinking about how to harness the learnings to create peak performance and lower turnover in your firm.

Originally posted at Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices. Please visit http://www.gerryriskin.com/.

]]> http://www.gerryriskin.com/law-firm-economics-think-pink-motivators-more-powerful-than-money-revisited.html/feed/ 0 Appreciation as an Action http://www.gerryriskin.com/law-firm-marketing-appreciation-as-an-action.html http://www.gerryriskin.com/law-firm-marketing-appreciation-as-an-action.html#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:40:37 +0000 Gerry Riskin http://www.gerryriskin.com/law-firm-marketing-appreciation-as-an-action.html

 

 

Appreciation is not assumed — it has to be communicated…  if you think your clients know you appreciate them, ask your self "how would they"…  Make it explicit and you'll separate yourself from the masses !

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Appreciation is not assumed — it has to be communicated…  if you think your clients know you appreciate them, ask your self "how would they"…  Make it explicit and you'll separate yourself from the masses !

Originally posted at Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices. Please visit http://www.gerryriskin.com/.

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We are very proud of our latest Edge International Review.    For a complete downloadable version (or just the articles you want) click on the cover or go to EdgeInternationalReview.com

If you have any questions , comments or suggestions, please shoot me a note.

(You can also check out our Edge International web site at Edge-International.com)

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We are very proud of our latest Edge International Review.    For a complete downloadable version (or just the articles you want) click on the cover or go to EdgeInternationalReview.com

If you have any questions , comments or suggestions, please shoot me a note.

(You can also check out our Edge International web site at Edge-International.com)

Originally posted at Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices. Please visit http://www.gerryriskin.com/.

]]> http://www.gerryriskin.com/law-related-publications-edge-international-review-winter-2010.html/feed/ 0 Motivators More Powerful than Money? http://www.gerryriskin.com/posts-with-video-content-motivators-more-powerful-than-money.html http://www.gerryriskin.com/posts-with-video-content-motivators-more-powerful-than-money.html#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:36:41 +0000 Gerry Riskin http://www.gerryriskin.com/posts-with-video-content-motivators-more-powerful-than-money.html I believe in capitalism and free enterprise.  I have a business degree before law.  My practicing years were spent helping clients increase their profits… managing partner years helping my partners increase theirs.  You'll get no socialistic psychobabble from me.

I encourage you to assimilate the compelling evidence that increasing compensation in the hope of enhancing performance actually backfires.  Law firm leaders need to understand when money motivates and when it does not.   In fact, "too much" money demotivates.   Get an introduction to the science that supports this hypothesis in the Ted Talk below.

Once the basic compensation is right, there are better ways to motivate.  If not money, then what?  According to Dan Pink, the presenter in this Ted Talk, the three motivating elements for those who work with complexity, like lawyers, are:

  • Autonomy
  • Mastery
  • Purpose

PUNCHLINE: Investing 18 minutes and 40 seconds may start you on the path to leading your firm to legendary performance, your lawyers staff and clients to legendary satisfaction and, last but not least,  your firm to legendary profits. 

 

]]> By Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices, Gerry Riskin.

I believe in capitalism and free enterprise.  I have a business degree before law.  My practicing years were spent helping clients increase their profits… managing partner years helping my partners increase theirs.  You'll get no socialistic psychobabble from me.

I encourage you to assimilate the compelling evidence that increasing compensation in the hope of enhancing performance actually backfires.  Law firm leaders need to understand when money motivates and when it does not.   In fact, "too much" money demotivates.   Get an introduction to the science that supports this hypothesis in the Ted Talk below.

Once the basic compensation is right, there are better ways to motivate.  If not money, then what?  According to Dan Pink, the presenter in this Ted Talk, the three motivating elements for those who work with complexity, like lawyers, are:

  • Autonomy
  • Mastery
  • Purpose

PUNCHLINE: Investing 18 minutes and 40 seconds may start you on the path to leading your firm to legendary performance, your lawyers staff and clients to legendary satisfaction and, last but not least,  your firm to legendary profits. 

 

Originally posted at Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices. Please visit http://www.gerryriskin.com/.

]]> http://www.gerryriskin.com/posts-with-video-content-motivators-more-powerful-than-money.html/feed/ 0 Get A Life.™ – Annual Conference http://www.gerryriskin.com/law-firm-human-resources-get-a-lifea-annual-conference.html http://www.gerryriskin.com/law-firm-human-resources-get-a-lifea-annual-conference.html#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:50:15 +0000 Gerry Riskin http://www.gerryriskin.com/law-firm-human-resources-get-a-lifea-annual-conference.html  

Keynote Presentation in Chicago May 27, 28 at the Get a Life conference for lawyers.  

...also Strategic Planning Session to close the conference   

...details

 

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Keynote Presentation in Chicago May 27, 28 at the Get a Life conference for lawyers.  

...also Strategic Planning Session to close the conference   

...details

 

Originally posted at Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices. Please visit http://www.gerryriskin.com/.

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