Business development tip of the month: Prioritize relentlessly

When lawyers ask us for the single most important piece of advice in legal business development, the answer is simple: Ignore good ideas. Lawyers are much too busy to spend time on ideas that are only good. To maximize the chances of success, each individual must focus on the very best ideas for their practice, their personality, and their schedule. This requires relentless prioritization, and constantly returning to the question, “What should I do today to increase new business?” 

 

The first Wednesday of every month is devoted to a very short and simple tip like this to help lawyers increase efficiency, provide greater value to their clients and/or develop new business. This month’s tip was adapted from my book the Legal Business Development Quick Reference Guide.