Course Description

Everything they didn’t teach you at PLT!

Everything you need to accelerate your success in law!

Aimed at solicitors with less than 5 yrs PAE, this full day workshop equips you with the practical skills you need to accelerate your success. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

  1. understand law practice economics and how you can maximise your personal contribution to practice profitability
  2. improve personal productivity
  3. influence and persuade colleagues, clients and peers
  4. work more effectively with support staff – including delegating and supervising work
  5. deliver excellent client service and start building a reputation as a trusted advisor
  6. communicate the value of your work and discuss costs confidently with clients
  7. build your personal brand and network effectively for success – both internally and externally

2 hours / 2 CPD points - including points in the core CPD areas of professional skills and practice management / business skills.

Consultant and trainer

Giles Watson

Giles Watson gets a big kick out of helping law practices realise their potential.Now:Director of Giles Watson Pty LtdPrincipal Consultant at CX Training Lectures on costs communication at QUTDad, husband, classic rock vinyl addict, zythologist and proud coach to North Lakes Leopards U6 rugby teamPreviouslyManaged the Queensland Law Society’s Practice Management Course: writing study guides, designing, developing and delivering sessionsManaged and promoted Lexcel, the Law Society of England & Wales’ legal practice management quality markWas a business development manager for 3 London law firmsQualificationsHas a Masters in Marketing, an MBA, a BA in Politics, and a Cert IV in Training and Assessment. Accredited in Hogan Assessments

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Video: Introduction

    • Slides: 7 habits of highly effective solicitors

    • Workbook: 7 habits of highly effective solicitors
  • 2

    Understanding law practice economics

    • Video: Understanding law practice economics

    • Blog: Why highly effective solicitors understand law practice economics
  • 3

    Improving personal productivity

    • Video: Improving personal productivity

    • Blog: Productivity Insecurities
  • 4

    Communicating value and discussing costs

    • Blog: Why highly effective solicitors know how to sell their value

    • Communicating value
  • 5

    Building high value, high trust client relationships

    • Video: Building high value, high trust client relationships

    • Blog: Customer experience and the legal mindset: why law practices struggle
  • 6

    Influence and persuasion

    • Video: Influence and persuasion
  • 7

    Working effectively with support staff

    • Video: working effectively with support staff
  • 8

    Personal brand and networking

    • Video: Personal brand and networking

    • Blog: Long live the anti-lawyer

  • $375.00

    $375.00Practice success bundle

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