Legal Management

October/November 2006
Volume 25, Number 6

SPECIAL BONUS ISSUE!
Make Your Law Firm an EXTRAORDINARY Place to Work

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Table of Contents

Home Sweet Home Work  
How do you make work feel less like work? Make it extraordinary! Understand what it takes to motivate employees and improve the work environment to drive your firm’s overall success.
BY MARCIA PENNINGTON SHANNON

Change Agents  
Human resources professionals play major roles in driving change in law firms and making those organizations extraordinary places to work.
BY PHILLIP M. PERRY

Got Talent?  
With a comprehensive understanding of their firms’ resources and an assessment of current and future office needs, legal administrators can be pivotal in initiating or substantially improving talent retention efforts.
BY CHARLES A. VOLKERT, ESQ.

Building Blocks to Success  
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt invests in – and retains – the law firm’s top employees by emphasizing the importance of continuing education and going above and beyond a standard tuition reimbursement program.
BY DONALD W. WILLIAMS

Virtual Education  
More law firms are pursuing online learning options to drive career development and satisfaction among attorneys and staff.
BY STEVE GLUCKMAN

Success by Design  
Optimal use of a law firm’s office space maximizes group collaboration and effectiveness.
BY DOUGLAS ZUCKER

Rediscover Your Passion  
Success in your career and in life depends not on how good you are at what you do, but on how much you want it.
BY DAVID H. MAISTER

Career Burnout: Getting Past Your Expiration Date  
Rediscover the love for your work as a legal administrator by focusing on your craft and always aspiring to learn.
BY JOHN IZZO, PH.D.

SPECIAL SECTION: Legal Vendor Spotlight  
Take a closer look at eight companies whose products help legal administrators and attorneys do their jobs more easily and make their firms better places to work.

Enlightened Leadership  
Legal administrators can achieve positive impacts on their firms’ operations by embracing new ways of doing business and persuading their colleagues to do the same.
BY ALBERT R. GLOVER

A Little Respect  
Legal administrators and attorneys can foster more productive and satisfying professional relationships by putting the principles of emotional intelligence to work.
BY KEVIN CAREY

Bridging the Gap  
Legal administrators can drive success in their firms by taking key steps to improve intergenerational relationships.
BY PHYLLIS WEISS HASEROT

Safe at Work  
Part of making your law firm an extraordinary place to work is making it a safe place to work, too. Legal administrators can take a few critical but easy steps to keep their offices injury-free.
BY CARL POTTER, CSP, CMC, AND DEB POTTER, PH.D., CMC

Count the Ways  
200 Ways to Make Your Law Firm an Extraordinary Place to Work, a book published by ALA, grew from a recognition that legal administrators are interested in creating great places to work.
BY ROSEMARY SHIELS

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