A Brief Synopsis of the Book - No Business For Old Men.
First off, the law still can be a business for old men....but then the lawyer in you will ask for a definition of "Business" and "Old" or even "Men"!
So let's start off getting one thing straight. Running a legal firm is exactly the same as running a business!
I have met a load of lawyers who tell me that running a law firm is nothing like running a business; they think that they or their firm is somehow different.
It's not.
If you think that your law firm is different or that somehow the changes coming up will not affect you, then think again. You need to think like a business and use business language. Lawyers are not immune from all the challenges that come from running a business; the problem is that they never learned "how" to run a business.
This book will show you how to run a business, how to manage that business and how to set it up so that your
business (your Firm) can still run and make money when you are on holiday or (god forbid) ill.
Next. What is "Old"? I always thought that old was 15 years older than me.
In the Book, Old is not defined by the number of years you have lived but by the attitude of mind that you possess.
I've met 65 year old lawyers who are exited about the prospect of new web-driven resources and are looking forward to the next 20 years in an exiting business. Equally, I've met a few 40 year olds who don't use email and who are utterly afraid of any kind of technology. In this Book, anyone who wants things to be the way they were and resisting change is resisting growth...and if you don't grow, you die. And usually it's the old that die first.
So this book will consider attitudes to getting things done. It will show that systems for getting things done are better than people. There are key questions to ask and key steps to take.
And the "Men" part? Well demographics are showing that more and more women are entering and staying in the business of law. How will that affect the way the law is delivered? How will the "Gladiatorial" nature of litigation survive when women are born mediators rather than fighters?
So this truly is, No Business for Old Men.
For those of you who want to embrace the change that's coming you are about to witness a great revolution in the way that we do law...and to help sole practitioners or small 2 partner firms, we have not only created this great book, but we have created lots of help and guidance with a new business called "Just Do Law"
First off, the law still can be a business for old men....but then the lawyer in you will ask for a definition of "Business" and "Old" or even "Men"!
So let's start off getting one thing straight. Running a legal firm is exactly the same as running a business!
I have met a load of lawyers who tell me that running a law firm is nothing like running a business; they think that they or their firm is somehow different.
It's not.
If you think that your law firm is different or that somehow the changes coming up will not affect you, then think again. You need to think like a business and use business language. Lawyers are not immune from all the challenges that come from running a business; the problem is that they never learned "how" to run a business.
This book will show you how to run a business, how to manage that business and how to set it up so that your
business (your Firm) can still run and make money when you are on holiday or (god forbid) ill.
Next. What is "Old"? I always thought that old was 15 years older than me.
In the Book, Old is not defined by the number of years you have lived but by the attitude of mind that you possess.
I've met 65 year old lawyers who are exited about the prospect of new web-driven resources and are looking forward to the next 20 years in an exiting business. Equally, I've met a few 40 year olds who don't use email and who are utterly afraid of any kind of technology. In this Book, anyone who wants things to be the way they were and resisting change is resisting growth...and if you don't grow, you die. And usually it's the old that die first.
So this book will consider attitudes to getting things done. It will show that systems for getting things done are better than people. There are key questions to ask and key steps to take.
And the "Men" part? Well demographics are showing that more and more women are entering and staying in the business of law. How will that affect the way the law is delivered? How will the "Gladiatorial" nature of litigation survive when women are born mediators rather than fighters?
So this truly is, No Business for Old Men.
For those of you who want to embrace the change that's coming you are about to witness a great revolution in the way that we do law...and to help sole practitioners or small 2 partner firms, we have not only created this great book, but we have created lots of help and guidance with a new business called "Just Do Law"
