The Law Firm Owner Podcast

When owners find Melissa, they're often struggling to find enough time for the things that are most important to them. Close relationships, health and wellbeing, the growth of the firm — it's a lot to juggle. How can you begin to use Monday Map/Friday Wrap if you don't know how to prioritize what's most important?    In this episode, Melissa exposes a common pain point for law firm owners who want...

Any time you set out to achieve a goal, it requires deliberate focus. Unfortunately, it is human nature to get distracted, which is where frequent, regular course correction comes in. If you want to make real progress, you need to course correct often, and Melissa is sharing the best ways to do it this week.   Listen in to learn how to course correct so effectively that each time you fall off trac...

The practice of honoring your calendar, which Melissa teaches in her Monday Map/Friday Wrap process, is what will make you a better business owner, lawyer, and leader. It's all about showing up for what truly matters, but you're not alone if a sense of perfectionism and overwhelm are keeping you from making progress.   This week, you'll hear an excerpt from one of Melissa's recent Mastery Group cl...

If, like many of Melissa's clients, you've been tolerating or living with team issues in your firm for a while, the hard truth is that these perceived problems may not be a team problem. They might actually be a you problem.   On this episode, you'll learn the opportunities you have as an owner, leader, and CEO to shift the culture within your firm towards greatness. Listen in to discover why you...

Planning is your key to freedom as a law firm owner. It's what allows you to take the reins in your practice and line yourself up with the growth you say you want. So why aren't most owners doing it?    This week, you're hearing from the founder of Revermann Law, Claudia Revermann, who was introduced to Melissa's Monday Map/Friday Wrap framework in 2020. She committed to the work for three years,...

As a law firm owner, you can't and shouldn't be personally handling every task that needs attending to in your firm. You want to focus your time on bringing in new clients and doing the work you truly love, but where do you start?   This week, Melissa is joined by Southern California appellate and anti-SLAPP lawyer, Jeff Lewis of Jeff Lewis Law. They just did a strategic planning session together...

As a law firm owner, it's easy to get mired in day-to-day legal work, unforeseen obstacles, and your smaller to-dos. However, if you're ready to finally stay on course with your big-picture goals, the practice of annual calendaring is non-negotiable.   How can you use your calendar to tee yourself up for success in 2024? Join Melissa this week as she shows you why annual calendaring is your secret...

Here we are, closing out 2023! For many law firm owners, this time of year can trigger a self-critical voice. It's easy to lose sight of exactly how far you've come, but even if this year hasn't been as fruitful as you'd hoped, there's a lot to be proud of. In this episode, Melissa is showing you why.   Join Melissa this week as she reminds you of important truths that often get lost in self-criti...

This week, Melissa is exploring the topic of your "winning strategy," coined by Tracy Goss in her book The Last Word on Power. Your winning strategy is your lifelong unconscious formula for achieving success, and it has worked well for you so far. But if left unquestioned, your current winning strategy will actually start to impede your future success.   Listen in today to discover why your winnin...

As we near the end of the year, it's time to start thinking about what's most important to you and your firm in the year ahead. Melissa is here this week to share a workshop she facilitates every year for her Mastery Group members called Reflect and Get Clear. It's a crowd favorite and you're getting a taste of it today!   If you want to be guided through a process for reflecting and evaluating 20...

Randa Prendergast, a.k.a. The Attorney Whisperer, is back this week to discuss one of the most crucial elements to the continued growth of your law firm: delegation and effective workflows. Everyone wants great systems, but actually setting them up well is another story. This is the unsexy stuff that makes your business hum, and it's Randa's specialty.   Tune in this week to hear Randa's top tips...

Billing is an aspect of running your law firm that is directly related to cash flow and the growth you experience, but it tends to be a huge pain point for many owners. Randa Prendergast, a.k.a. The Attorney Whisperer at Mrs. June Legal, is a billing and cash flow expert, and she's here to offer her expertise on building a reliable billing procedure that keeps your team and clients on the same pag...

If your brain were a web browser, how many tabs would you have open right now? As a business owner, it tends to be a lot, and with the holidays fast approaching, more tabs will be opening soon! If you want to reduce your sense of overwhelm and chaos, and if you've been wondering how to run a healthy firm that's productive and efficient during the holidays, it's time for you to start closing some o...

If you're working hourly, making plenty of money, love your work, and are well-respected within your firm, the notion of using flat fees might sound like it's not a great fit. Everything might look perfect on paper externally, but Melissa's guest this week is illuminating a different way of running your firm that could be a potentially beneficial next step.   Brita Long is the Amazon bestselling a...

Do you worry about handing off tasks to the appropriate people as a law firm owner? Could you be wasting precious billable hours by not delegating effectively? Bibi Goldstein is the founder of Buying Time, a virtual support company that supports busy professionals, from solo entrepreneurs to multi-mullion-dollar companies. Bibi is on the show this week to highlight the multitude of ways they have...

Lindsay Kennedy is the founder and president of Legal Reinforcements: a company dedicated to connecting law firms with military talent. Due to the nature of being a military spouse, Lindsay is a huge advocate for changes in the legal profession to allow for more non-traditional options. She helps law firms meet their staffing needs by hiring military talent as remote legal assistants, paralegals,...

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to effortlessly handle difficult conversations while others shy away from confrontation? As Melissa shares this week, some people are "high confront", meaning they tackle challenges head on, which can be an incredibly useful trait to have when owning and running a firm.   If the idea of confrontation currently makes you want to run and hide, you need to...

However big or small your team is, and whether they're virtual or in person, what does your firm's team dynamic currently look like? The truth is, it's your job as owner to provide a container for deep connection with and amongst your team, and Melissa is here today to illuminate how paying attention to connection goes a long way.   Listen in this week to discover the value of consistently showing...

As a lawyer, working hard, constantly increasing your workload, and operating from a hustle mentality has most likely served you extremely well. It's a winning strategy that has rewarded you for the work you put out in the world, and you probably associate your worth and value as a human with working hard.   However, if you are trying to grow in a way that gives you time and money freedom, there i...

There are lots of different tools out there for automating the intake process, but have you found one that works end-to-end seamlessly? This week, Melissa is speaking to the founder and CEO of DecisionVault, Wouter IJgosse. DecisionVault is the intake portal for estate planning practices that helps firms gather information from clients and integrate it with as many tools as possible in the legal t...

If you want to take your firm from successful to a perfectly well-oiled machined that is in alignment with your core values and creates fulfillment and freedom, there are only three things that matter. Winging the next few months can create some pretty remarkable results, but if you want to create velocity towards where you want to go, listen in.   Join Melissa this week to discover the only three...

This episode is for those days when you're frustrated and the whole world seems stacked against you. Even if these types of days are rare, it can throw a wrench in the game when they creep up on you. One thing after another gets under your skin, and it becomes near impossible to stay clear-headed when things are going wrong.   Listen in to hear 8 strategies you can try when you're in a funk. Melis...

Melissa joins Tara Gronhovd and Pamela Nelson on the Grounding and Growing Leadership Podcast again this week to dive into the work of intentionality and implementation.   They're discussing what it means to shape a strong team dynamic and the reality of what the work of becoming a better leader truly looks like. The work of leadership is humbling and hard, and it has been the steepest learning cu...

This week, you're hearing a conversation Melissa had with Tara Gronhovd and Pamela Nelson on the Grounding and Growing Leadership Podcast. They discuss the crux of Melissa's work with her clients, which is centered around quarterly strategic planning, and why a framework for intentionality and implementation is key for flying further faster.   Tune in to discover how Melissa helps owners and leade...

There are going to be times, no matter where you are on the spectrum of entrepreneurship or timeline of your company, where you are going to be required to step up in ways other people just wouldn't. Melissa calls this the storm before the calm, and if you currently feel like you're in the eye of the storm, you're in the right place.   Tune in this week to discover what is required of you to speed...