This week, Gimbal’s Tip of the Week goes back to basics with the Practice Accelerator Framework. Based on the Lean theory of DMAIC, the Practice Accelerator Framework gives you an effective, step-by-s...

We believe that “perfect” is the enemy of “done,” and how that one word can undermine your ability to pivot quickly and succeed in the face of adversity.

This week’s tip: if you’ve got an idea for...

Today’s tip is simple. Always keep learning. No matter how good you already are at running a practice, you can always learn more.  

You don't have all the answers and you are never going to have all ...

Research suggests that most lawyers spend only 2.5 hours a day on billable legal work. The rest of the time, they are wearing other hats: accountant, HR manager, photocopy repairperson, web designer, ...

We’re a couple of months into self-isolation now, and it’s becoming increasingly obvious that work isn’t going back to normal any time soon. Even if we open up our economies, it will be months (years?...

One of the things we get asked all the time is: if I put the effort into process improvement, will it be worth my time? Basically, they’re saying, “show me the money.”

Asking a group of people who bi...

No matter how big or small your firm, if you want a more profitable, productive, and rewarding practice, you can’t just punch the clock and do billable work. In addition to discharging your obligation...

On Sunday, April 19, 2020, Casey Flaherty, Director of Legal Project Management at the global powerhouse, Baker McKenzie, posted an article called, “When ‘we’ve always done it this way’ is still an op...

I thought it was a good time to jump in and say that although it may look like that bottleneck—or any other issue that you’ve spotted in your practice—is being caused by a person. It probably isn’t.

Today we’re talking about a way to find the bottlenecks in your legal matter or process. But before we get to that, I want to let you know that next Wednesday, March 25, we’re going to be doing a live...

Hello and welcome back to Gimbal’s Tip of the Week. Today we’re talking about changing your mindset about change.

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First, let me apologize. We didn’t issue a tip last ...

Today we’re talking about how batching your work can actually slow you down. I know…it seems totally counter-intuitive. But completing a whole stack of work before passing any of it on actually slows ...