Managing Employee Experiences - Molly McGrath - Episode # 019

Solo de Facto

Molly McGrath is the Founder of Hiring and Empowering Solutions. She knows how important it is to build a healthy work environment and make sure that employees feel welcomed and enjoy their job. She sits down with host Kory Underdown to talk about important tips for running a successful solo law firm.

Takeaways

• Attorneys need to understand that their success depends fully on the people they hire. If you hire employees who aren’t hard workers or are bad at their jobs, you won’t be in business long.
• The days are over for attorneys thinking people should be grateful for work. COVID has shown people how important it is to feel the human connection at work and love what you do.
• You don’t want to burn out your employees. Burn out is more likely to happen earlier than ever now
• The employee review is an outdated form of checking on your employees. It is a one-sided conversation that doesn't foster a good working relationship.
• People will never leave their company if they are treated with respect, given good feedback, proper attention and inspiration.
• You want employees to feel welcomed at work and like what they do. It creates a bad work environment if employees dread going to work, and then their work suffers.
• Outsourcing is a great idea. Even if your team is working perfectly, you can find some cost-effective solutions and it allows the spotlight to be on you, the leader.

Quote of the show:

0:32 “I can't tell you how many attorneys still believe in this mindset that employees should be grateful to have a job. They should be honored to work at this law firm. Their goal is to just come in and do great work, keep their mouth shut and keep their head down and collect their paycheck. Those days are over. If you want to be a successful law firm owner in 2022 and beyond, my greatest piece of advice for you is to really look at how you view your employees and what type of culture you are creating for them.”

Links

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/molly-hallmcgrath/
• Website: https://hiringandempowering.com/about-management-consultants/

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