The Law Firm Owner Podcast
The Law Firm Owner Podcast, powered by Velocity Work, is the go-to resource for law firm owners looking to take their business to the next level.
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#381: Lost at Sea: When Your Firm No Longer Needs You the Same Way (opens the original)
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What happens when you finally build the successful firm you have been working toward, but the role you once had inside it starts to change? In this episode, Melissa explores the identity shift that can happen when a law firm owner successfully gets themselves out of the middle of everything and suddenly has more space than they know what to do with. In the second episode of this three-part series, Melissa dives deeper into one of the examples she introduced around how difficult it can be to see
#380: The Truth Is Hard to See from Inside It (opens the original)
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It can be incredibly difficult to see the truth when you are standing in the middle of your own situation. In the first episode of this three-part series, Melissa explores why even successful law firm owners can struggle to get an objective view of what is actually happening in their business and how their perspective can shape the way they see a situation. Melissa shares two examples of firms that looked very different on the surface but had the same challenge: they were making decisions based
#379: Generosity Has to Be Engineered for a Healthy Business (opens the original)
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Generosity is a value many law firm owners want to prioritize, but what happens when that generosity is not supported by a healthy business? In this episode, Melissa explores why good intentions are not enough and why generosity has to be intentionally designed into the firm. Taking care of your team through benefits, compensation, flexibility, and other investments is a worthwhile goal. But when those decisions are made without considering the health of the business, the firm can end up carryin
#378: Financial Clarity and Law Firm Profitability with Shavon Smith (opens the original)
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What changes when you stop guessing about your firm's financial health and start understanding what the numbers are actually telling you? In this episode, Melissa continues her conversation with Velocity Work client Shavon Smith about the financial clarity that helped her better understand her firm, identify opportunities, and make more intentional decisions about growth. Shavon shares how looking more closely at write-offs, producer multiple, hours, and financial data changed the way she viewed
#377: Valuing Your Expertise and Growing Your Law Firm with Shavon Smith (opens the original)
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What happens when a law firm owner realizes growth requires more than just continuing to work harder? In this episode, Melissa sits down with Velocity Work client Shavon Smith, a business attorney who serves entrepreneurs and growing companies as a fractional general counsel, to talk about the shifts that helped her move beyond a growth ceiling and run her firm more intentionally. Shavon shares what changed when she started looking more closely at the numbers, setting clearer standards, and maki
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