Hire well-rounded staff. Our attorneys are not only focused on a
specific, narrow technical area
but have a broader perspective
on the practice and on life. We
like people that have a variety
of different interests and different business backgrounds.
It adds a tremendous variety of
perspective that is applied in
many different ways. It really
makes us bigger-thinking, and
therefore, we’re able to offer a
broader perspective to our client.
Communicate your vision. We try
very hard to make sure that
everybody understands the bigger picture of where the firm is
going so we all have an alignment with that vision. We try to
make sure that everyone genuinely feels they are a part of it
so there is real buy-in.
There is a good amount of
communicating and a good
amount of preaching, and those
that believe will stay on board.
There really is a self-selection
process: Those that are comfortable with it will be attracted
and will be retained.
Adopt a forward-thinking viewpoint. My father-in-law is a
sailor, a lawyer and a philosopher, and he tied those three
aspects into this piece of advice
for me: Look to the horizon, but
don’t be too shortsighted.
Don’t get up hung up on quarterly or even annual performance, but make sure the ship is
headed in the right direction. If
you look at a shortsighted perspective, you are likely to
achieve shortsighted positive
results, but you’ll miss the boat
in terms of the long-run performance and the character of
the company.
We evaluate performance on
a regular basis here, but we’re
constantly taking a look at the
industry trends, competitors
and evaluating what moves we
need to make to continue to
head to the right point on the
horizon.
I don’t think that it’s particularly difficult to do; it’s just part
of the position.
HOW TO REACH: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, (619) 238-1900 or
www.procopio.com
