Here’s how a skills-based approach to talent management can help firms develop their talent and meet the future with resilience. […]
Talent Management: How Skills Tracking Improves Resource Allocation and Associate Satisfaction
As law firms consider how they can better allocate work to associates, one key part of the conversation has to be about skills and skills tracking. […]
Why An Internal Talent Marketplace Is The Next Big Thing For Professional Services Firms
The global pandemic sent businesses into a tailspin, and professional services firms were no exception. Firms had to learn how […]
Real-time Feedback Best Practices for Professional Services Firms
Real-time feedback has become a critical piece of any continuous performance management process, and it’s particularly suited to professional services organizations […]
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Project-Based Performance Management: What It Is and How to Do It Well
Managing employee performance is crucial for any organization. But this is especially true for project-centric organizations such as professional services […]
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A Full-Scale Solution: Taking Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Beyond Recruitment
Across the business world, every organization is talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). For professional services firms, whose businesses […]
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How To Build A Strategic Resource Allocation Process For Professional Services Firms
A firm’s success falls largely on how tactfully they organize and delegate limited resources. Resource allocation is especially important for […]
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The Top 3 Employee Retention Strategies to Help Professional Services Firms Prevent the Great Resignation
Burnout and disengagement are driving the Great Resignation, and professional services are among the industries that have been hit the […]
Improving Work Allocation Can Help Law Firms Manage Resources and Avoid the Tragedy of the Commons
Law firms today are struggling with a scarcity of resources. Attrition rates are high and the talent market is heating […]
How Better Work Allocation Helps Law Firms Develop Associates and Prevent Attrition
Last summer, the legal industry entered an associate salary war, as firms raced to lure top talent amidst changing expectations […]
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Associate Utilization, Equitable Work Distribution are the Top Resource Allocation Challenges for Law Firms: viGlobal poll
In our recent webinar with the International Legal Technology Association, “Lawyer Work Allocation and Resource Management: How to Do Better […]
How Law Firms Can Combat Ineffective Work Allocation and Retain Their Associates
Staffing associates for matters and managing resource distribution at law firms is a difficult and layered process. Firms need to: […]
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viGlobal is Now vi by Aderant
viGlobal is now vi by Aderant. This change in name and look aligns the visual identity of the vi people management suite with that of Aderant. […]
Fair Work Allocation Could Help Alleviate the ‘Great Resignation’ in Law
Ensuring work is allocated fairly and based on interests, skills and development needs may help address the lawyer attrition crisis. […]
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How Diversity Can Be Improved at Partner Level
Firms can boost diversity at partnership level by ensuring that work is distributed equitably, that associates are properly integrated within the firm, and by providing continuous feedback on tasks. […]
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Work Allocation: 7 Best Practices for Effective Resource Management in Law Firms
In a culture where assignments often come in the form of a late-night email with the subject line “Over to you,” or a partner’s frantic wave to an associate who just happens by, terms like “resource management” and “work allocation” might sound foreign — at minimum, something best left to the accountants. […]
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Law Firms Need Modern Solutions To Help Them Put The Right Associates On Matters
Like every industry, law firms have spent more than a year working remotely due to the pandemic, and only now are some of them beginning to transition back to the office. […]
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Eliminating Bias in Work Allocation Is a Growing Focus for Law Firms
Historically, work allocation in law firms has primarily been driven by partners. When a partner chooses an associate to help with a matter, their skills are important, but so is the associate’s proximity and the impression they’ve left on that partner. […]
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Address Bias When Determining Resource Allocation and Performance Management
Unconscious or implicit biases can affect our behavior and decisions in the workplace without us even realizing it. It’s natural to have biases — and we all have them. But there are major consequences if we remain unaware of them and let them affect our decision-making in life and in the workplace. […]
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