How often are you deep in thought—working hard on a motion, memo, or prep for a key client meeting—when the phone rings? Or your email pings? Or your phone lights up with a new message?

The truth is,...

‌Have you ever been so busy that you forgot to eat lunch, but still ended the day still feeling like you barely made a dent in your to-do list? Where did the time go? As it turns out, being busy doesn...

For the past few weeks, we’ve been providing you with tips to improve your intake process. Yesterday, we took our intake tips live with a great webinar called 5 Ways to Boost Your Bottom Line with a S...

We’ve talked a lot lately about the intake process. It’s the first touch point potential clients have with your firm. Think of it like your front door. Unless your front door is open and welcoming (wi...

Nothing takes me back to my childhood like the sound of an old-fashioned screen door (this is as close as I could find. One slam, and I’m right back on the verandah of my grandparents’ cottage in Norw...

What should you do when you’ve got so many leads that you just can’t respond to them all?

It sounds like a good problem to have, right? Well, not really.

This was the problem facing one of our Pract...

How many unread emails do you have in your inbox right now?

Now, in comparison, how many unread text messages do you have on your phone?

If you’re like most people, you read every text…but you likel...

You know that every lead is important for the growth and advancement of your practice. You probably also know that the faster you respond to a lead, the more likely they are to become a client. But di...

One of our friends owns a restaurant. When David’s not busy here at Gimbal, he often helps out behind the bar. Why? It’s not because he loves mixing cocktails (he makes a mean magarita!), it’s because...

Stop for a minute and imagine you were spending 45 minutes – or more – on a single step in your process. Now, imagine this step is "printing share certificates on fancy paper." And it’s taking you 45 ...

All lawyers have at least one process at their firm that seems to take too long or feels more complicated than it should. Is there one—or a few—that immediately came to mind for you? While you may be ...

We’re 4 days into the New Year! We hope you had a great holiday and your year is off to a good start. We got that much-needed rest we talked about in our last tip, had some fun, and ate…a lot. We’re r...