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E73: #1 Tip to Help You See & Manage Work More Effectively matter management Mar 09, 2021

March Madness continues here at Gimbal. OK, it’s not sports, it’s Matter Management Month!  A Kanban board is a simple, effective project management tool that’s adaptable to...

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E72: How to end Q1 with an ironclad matter management system matter management process improvement Mar 03, 2021

Remember when we thought 2020 would never end? Now, we are already approaching the end of the first quarter of 2021! Its time to get serious about your matter management system.

Last month,...

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E35: Sometimes it Takes a Village to Nurture an Idea matter management project management Jun 03, 2020

This week we are talking about one way you can increase your chances of success when you are improving your practice: find yourself a community.

Change is hard. You may be the only person in your...

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E34: Avoid staffing headaches: here’s what some firms are doing case study matter management May 27, 2020

If you have been following us for a while, you already know how enthusiastic we are about matter management boards. Here are links to our October 2, 2019, and to our March 18, 2020, posts on the...

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E31: It’s OK to admit you’re not perfect matter management productivity May 06, 2020

If you aren’t spending as much time working with your clients as you need to;

If you aren’t as productive or profitable as you’d like;

If you’re suffering under the weight...

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E28: Using The Gift of Time matter management productivity Apr 15, 2020

Today’s tip is about time. But maybe not time as you’ve been accustomed to thinking about it in your practice. Instead of thinking about time as a commodity that you sell, I want you to...

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E24: Bottleneck breakthrough - get work flowing again in your practice matter management process improvement Mar 18, 2020

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...

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E20: The Mindset Switch That’ll Make Delegating Work More Effective matter management process improvement Feb 04, 2020

Today, I want to give you a quick tip about a mindset switch that will make it easier when you’re delegating work.

Earlier this week, we hosted 2 free live masterclasses entitled, “Run...

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E10: Put a Little Process In Your Practice matter management process improvement Nov 26, 2019

Today’s tip is super-quick: if you don’t have a process for something you do more than once, you’re wasting time and leaving money on the table.

Want to watch this tip...

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E9: Top Apps for Matter Management matter management process improvement Nov 19, 2019

If you've followed us at all, you know we start our matter management boards and process maps the old-school way: sticky notes on the wall. The banner image for this post is a shot of one of our...

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E8: How do I structure my matter management (kanban) board? matter management productivity Nov 12, 2019

Last week we featured Karen’s monthly legal writing tip. And she really brought her training as a professional editor to the game, providing simple and clear advice on how to write for the...

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E6: The Billable Hour Zombie Redux matter management productivity Oct 30, 2019

This week, in the true spirit of Halloween, we’re talking about zombies…and billable hours. As my friend Peter Carayiannis says, “The billable hour is a zombie…We...

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