Breaking the cycle of reactiveness and complete business priorities
Do you keep promising yourself this week will be different? Yet come Friday, you have still not completed the tasks you wanted to prioritise?
It is easy to spend an entire day (week, month) being busy in your law firm and still know the important work is not moving forward. “𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘐 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧𝘧.”
Like many law firm owners, my client was caught in the cycle of constant fee-earning, interruptions, and responding to management demands. They were too busy working in the business to work on it, or pioritise their own work.
The projects that really mattered to the firm kept being delayed. Working on the business was postponed.
Not through lack of effort, but because there was very little space to step back and plan for the work, and how to manage interruptions.
Our coaching sessions allowed protected thinking time, and an opportunity to challenge the habits and decisions, interfering with their plans. An uninterrupted opportunity to focus on what needed attention, what was a business priority, and how to achieve it. Together, we clarified priorities, broke down the projects that had been difficult to progress, and put a clear plan in place.
We also explored what could derail the plan, from client matters to team members, and included personal habits and traits. Putting into place a plan, that recognised and supported the reality, allowing a greater chance of creating sustainable change.
“𝘔𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴.” 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳
If you recognise this cycle, you are not alone. If every Monday you try to create a fresh start to carve out time to work on the business, but it is not working, and it is something you would like support with, feel free to reach out for an initial Discovery Call.
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