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Author Archives: cherylleone

Key to success? Become a polymath (but look it up first)

Trying to find one word to describe my 37-year-old son on his birthday this month, I thought about what his strength was, and I realized this man is knowledgeable on so many subjects, practical and not so practical. For that ...

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Determine what kind of workplace culture you want

If there is anything we hate to see, it’s a place where people are dragging their feet coming to work rather than with a bounce in their step. If you are rolling your eyes then you are probably the first ...

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Figuring out what to do next can be the hardest part

Seeing a talented paralegal shut down because of time and project management is disheartening. The very best of the talented paralegal gets lost in the reactive nature of the legal work and the inability to be proactive. Many of our ...

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Harnessing the ‘Power of Ten’ in the legal workplace

Being a high performance paralegal means developing strong personal and professional work traits that govern your career. When a successful professional paralegal defines himself or herself by a set of incorruptible and desirable work traits, you have a soaring eagle ...

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The Unbalanced Life: Identify weaknesses, then turn them into strengths

In the business world, “SWOT” is a standard business acronym, standing for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. By doing a SWOT analysis of its operations, a business gains a strong competitive edge in today’s fast paced world.

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Mid-life crisis? You’ll have that, and much more

(With insight from Dave Favor) We have been working on our next book, called “Gone for the Gold.” We believe there are certain self-evident truths that get you where you want to go in work and life. In considering what ...

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Strategies to overcome paralegal invisibility

Working hard and waiting for praise, rewards or promotions doesn’t seem to cut it anymore. The key attributes that create a high performance paralegal might well also be the very same attributes that make them invisible within a firm. Paralegals ...

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Ten ways to keep email from becoming your doom

As technology took over law firms and the lives of the lawyers and paralegals, face-to-face conversations ceased to exist. Email became the efficient way to provide the information needed or to seek a quick answer to a question.  And with ...

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