The Law Firm Owner Podcast

By Melissa Shanahan

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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. Host and founder Melissa Shanahan shares insights and practical advice on how to organize your numbers, grow your team, increase your revenue, and achieve a better work-life balance. Through quarterly strategic planning, accountability, and coaching, Melissa shows listeners how to create sustainable success for both their firms and their personal lives. Tune in each week to join the community of law firm owners who are committed to taking their businesses from where they are now to where they want to be.

Episode Date
#258: Navigating Peaks: Staying Sharp and Avoiding Sabotage at Every Level
May 21, 2024
#257: The Awesome 80%: Celebrating Good Enough
May 14, 2024
#256: What IS Mastery Group?! With Client Services Manager Mika Beccone
May 07, 2024
#255: What IS Strategic Planning?!
Apr 30, 2024
#254: How the Sausage Gets Made: A Healthy Firm Requires You to Dig Back in From Time to Time
Apr 23, 2024
#253: Make the Invisible Work Visible: An Audit of Your Calendar
Apr 16, 2024
#252: Want to Give Out Impromptu Bonuses? Do This Before Shelling Out Cash
Apr 09, 2024
#251: Peak Performance Under Pressure: Strategies for Success When It Counts
Apr 02, 2024
#250: True Humility: Taking Credit Where It’s Due with Tara Gronhovd
Mar 26, 2024
#249: Leading Productive Meetings: How to Influence Behavior and Increase Engagement
Mar 19, 2024
#248: When You Feel Blindsided: How to Take Better Action
Mar 12, 2024
#247: When Chasing High Growth Rates Becomes Counterproductive
Mar 05, 2024
#246: PSA: Stop Complaining About Your Team
Feb 27, 2024
#245: Putting Band-Aids on Problems vs Root Cause Analysis
Feb 20, 2024
#244: Mastering Your Time: Prioritizing Your Ideal Week as a Law Firm Owner
Feb 13, 2024
#243: Course Correction: How to Stay Focused, Consistent, and Achieve Your Goals
Feb 06, 2024
#242: Monday Map/Friday Wrap: Is Perfectionism Holding You Back?
Jan 30, 2024
#241: The Root Cause of Your Team Problems
Jan 23, 2024
#240: Monday Map/Friday Wrap: How to Let Your Calendar Be Your Boss with Claudia Revermann
Jan 16, 2024
#239: Delegation: Free Your Time, Build Trust, and Cultivate a Thriving Firm with Jeff Lewis
Jan 09, 2024
#238: Annual Calendaring: Optimizing What Matters Most to You
Jan 02, 2024
#237: Melissa’s Wish for You in the New Year
Dec 26, 2023
#236: Your Winning Strategy: A Source of Success and Limitation
Dec 19, 2023
#235: 2023 in Review: Reflect and Get Clear
Dec 12, 2023
#234: Case Management Workflow and Delegation with Randa Prendergast
Dec 05, 2023
#233: Billing Procedures: Good Practices for Healthy Cash Flow with Randa Prendergast
Nov 28, 2023
#232: Open Tabs in Your Brain: Take Stock, Consolidate, and Reduce
Nov 21, 2023
#231: Flat Fees: The Secret to a More Fulfilling Life and Practice with Brita Long
Nov 14, 2023
#230: Making Delegation Easy: Buy Back Your Time with Bibi Goldstein
Nov 07, 2023
#229: Legal Reinforcements: Why Military Spouses Make Great Law Firm Employees with Lindsay Kennedy
Oct 31, 2023
#228: The Power of High Confront: Taking Action and Disrupting Inertia Defaults
Oct 24, 2023
#227: Connecting with Your Team: Strategies for Play and Work
Oct 17, 2023
#226: From Hustle to Ease: How to Navigate the Discomfort of Freedom
Oct 10, 2023
#225: Solving Intake Process Challenges with Wouter IJgosse of DecisionVault
Oct 03, 2023
#224: The Discipline of Staying Focused
Sep 26, 2023
#223: 8 Strategies for Intentionality When You’re in a Funk
Sep 19, 2023
#222: The Learning Curve of Being a Better Leader: A Conversation with Tara Gronhovd and Pamela Nelson (Part 2)
Sep 12, 2023
#221: Intentionality and Implementation: A Conversation with Tara Gronhovd and Pamela Nelson (Part 1)
Sep 05, 2023
#220: Entrepreneurship Challenges: Navigating the Storm to Reach Calm
Aug 29, 2023
#219: A Customized Accounting Approach for Law Firms with Jessica Gonifas, CPA
Aug 22, 2023
#218: Monday Map/Friday Wrap: The Playbook (Part 3)
Aug 15, 2023
#217: Monday Map/Friday Wrap: The Playbook (Part 2)
Aug 08, 2023
#216: Monday Map/Friday Wrap: The Playbook (Part 1)
Aug 01, 2023
#215: Monday Map/Friday Wrap: Honoring Your Plan
Jul 25, 2023
#214: Monday Map/Friday Wrap: Planning Your Time
Jul 18, 2023
#213: Your Definition of Productivity & Using Monday Map/Friday Wrap
Jul 11, 2023
#212: The Engagement Scale: Identifying the Next Right Step
Jul 04, 2023
#211: Calculating Your Revenue: Average Value Per Case & Average Collection Per Case
Jun 27, 2023
#210: Answer Meetings: A Container for Finding Solutions
Jun 20, 2023
#209: Leadership Work That Matters: Building Trust & Emotional Maturity with Tara Gronhovd and Pamela Nelson
Jun 13, 2023
#208: The Vital Role of Trust in Your Business with Tara Gronhovd
Jun 06, 2023
#207: How to Address Your Firm’s Bottlenecks with Ben Hudson and John Grant
May 30, 2023
#206: Understanding Advanced Client Costs with Claudia Revermann
May 23, 2023
#205: Deconstructing Rocks: An Example Break Down with Jim Hart
May 16, 2023
#204: Up-level the Client Experience with John Grant
May 09, 2023
#203: Getting Support When Times Are Good with Gordon VanderLeek
May 02, 2023
#202: Consistency: Overcoming Obstacles (Part 4)
Apr 25, 2023
#201: Consistency: Progress, Not Perfection (Part 3)
Apr 18, 2023
#200: Consistency: Building Stability Before Growth (Part 2)
Apr 11, 2023
#199: Consistency: Laying the Groundwork (Part 1)
Apr 04, 2023
#198: How to Get Comprehensive with Your Planning
Mar 28, 2023
#197: Why Progress is Worth Measuring
Mar 21, 2023
#196: What Gets in Our Way as Leaders with Tara Gronhovd
Mar 14, 2023
#195: Are Your Flat-Fees Healthy for Your Business?
Mar 07, 2023
#194: How to Plan Effectively in Times of Adversity
Feb 28, 2023
#193: When You’re at a Crossroads with a Team Member with Tara Gronhovd
Feb 21, 2023
#192: Mastery Group: Everything You Need to Know
Feb 14, 2023
#191: Unleashing Your Potential: A Conversation with Mastery Group Member Soulmaz Taghavi
Feb 07, 2023
#190: Doubling Your Revenue & Freedom: A Conversation with Mastery Group Member Christine Diorio
Jan 31, 2023
#189: Automation, Delegation and Growth: A Conversation with Mastery Group Member Bobby Botnick
Jan 24, 2023
#188: The True Work of Leadership with Tara Gronhovd
Jan 17, 2023
#187: The Value of the 80/20 Principle in Your Law Firm with Ernie Svenson (Part 2)
Jan 10, 2023
#186: The Value of the 80/20 Principle in Your Law Firm with Ernie Svenson (Part 1)
Jan 03, 2023
#185: Melissa Shares End of Year Reflections
Dec 27, 2022
#184: A Process for Employee Performance Improvement
Dec 20, 2022
#183: Why Your Employees Aren’t Stepping Up to the Plate with Molly McGrath
Dec 13, 2022
#182: Why You Aren’t Making Big Decisions
Dec 06, 2022
#181: Calendaring Your Holidays for Rest and Rejuvenation
Nov 29, 2022
#180: Fly Further Faster When You Drop Judgment
Nov 22, 2022
#179: Podcasting to Play the Long Game with Danny Ozment
Nov 15, 2022
#178: Tech Competency for Law Firms with Mitchell Zoll
Nov 08, 2022
#177: The Reality of Being Held Accountable with Jake Kimball
Nov 01, 2022
#176: Meet Our Monday Map Power Hour Facilitator: Aimee Gromowsky
Oct 25, 2022
#175: LIVE from Clio Con: Top Delegation Tips from Successful Attendees
Oct 18, 2022
#174: Know Your Firm’s Production Models + the Associated Costs and Margins
Oct 11, 2022
#173: Reaching Your Revenue Goals: Planning and Projections
Oct 04, 2022
#172: Delegation + Leveling Up Your Normal
Sep 27, 2022
#171: Work that Creates Velocity
Sep 20, 2022
#170: The Final Step: Drive Success with Reminders, Rest, and Rewards in Practice (Part 3)
Sep 13, 2022
#169: Stay on Track: Drive Success with Reminders, Rest, and Rewards (Part 2)
Sep 06, 2022
#168: Overview: Drive Success with Reminders, Rest, and Rewards (Part 1)
Aug 30, 2022
#167: Lessons Learned from June Strategic Planning Retreats (Part 3)
Aug 23, 2022
#166: Lessons Learned from June Strategic Planning Retreats (Part 2)
Aug 16, 2022
#165: Lessons Learned from June Strategic Planning Retreats (Part 1)
Aug 09, 2022
#164: The Vision Deck: The Cheat Sheet for Your Quarter
Aug 02, 2022
#163: 75 Hard: The Wins, The Fails, and Everything in Between with Chris Nicolaysen
Jul 26, 2022
#162: The Power of Setting Expectations with Bill Farias
Jul 19, 2022
#161: Strategies for Getting Your Brain Onboard with Your Goals
Jul 12, 2022
Welcome to The Law Firm Owner Podcast: Start Here!
Jul 08, 2022
#160: Why We Call It a Quarterly Planning Retreat (and Why You Should Treat It That Way)
Jul 05, 2022
#159: Finding Evidence That Your Future Self’s Thoughts Are Already True
Jun 28, 2022
#158: Pay Attention to the Words You Say
Jun 21, 2022
#157: Finishing as Strong as You Started
Jun 14, 2022
#156: A Different Path Forward as a Law Firm Owner with Jeanette Mora
Jun 07, 2022
#155: Be On Your Best Game as an Employer with Molly McGrath (Part 2)
May 31, 2022
#154: Break the Overwhelm Cycle
May 24, 2022
#153: Be On Your Best Game as an Employer with Molly McGrath (Part 1)
May 17, 2022
#152: Finding Ease in Your Leadership Journey with Giselle Urbina
May 10, 2022
#151: Be Excuse-Less
May 03, 2022
#150: Fuel for Action
Apr 26, 2022
#149: Hiring the Right People for Your Firm
Apr 19, 2022
#148: Accurately Calculate Average Revenue
Apr 12, 2022
#147: How to Be the Best Steward of Your Business
Apr 05, 2022
#146: Productivity, Hiring, and Operations with Gretchen Nicolaysen of Springs Law Group
Mar 29, 2022
#145: Project Deconstruction: The Key to Efficiency
Mar 22, 2022
#144: Use Your Calendar to Strengthen Self-Trust
Mar 15, 2022
#143: Active Appreciation
Mar 08, 2022
A Quick Note to Listeners
Feb 28, 2022
#142: Is Your Self-Image a Match for the Firm You're Building
Feb 22, 2022
#141: Find Calm Confidence in Numbers
Feb 15, 2022
#140: High or Low Results Cycle - It's Your Choice
Feb 08, 2022
#139: A Candid Conversation About Remarkable Growth with Chris Nicolaysen and Jake Kimball of Springs Law Group
Feb 01, 2022
#138: The (Sometimes Scary) Acceleration of Delegation
Jan 25, 2022
#137: Tesla Efficiency Mindset with Michael Urbina of Urbina Immigration Law
Jan 18, 2022
#136: Don't Flake Out On Yourself
Jan 11, 2022
#135: Improve Your Relationship to Work
Jan 04, 2022
#134: Reflect, Celebrate, Onward
Dec 28, 2021
#133: LIVE: Jay Ruane (part 2)
Dec 23, 2021
#132: Leveling Up With Chatterboss
Dec 21, 2021
#131: LIVE: Jay Ruane (part 1)
Dec 16, 2021
#130: Question Your Default Mode
Dec 14, 2021
#129: Fall Sprint Lessons Learned: Delegating
Dec 07, 2021
#128: Fall 2021 Sprint Lessons Learned re: Planning
Nov 30, 2021
#127: The Importance of Being an Introspective Law Firm Owner with Neeli Shah
Nov 23, 2021
#126: LIVE with Seth Price
Nov 18, 2021
#125: Subject Yourself to Discomfort
Nov 16, 2021
#124: LIVE with Sam Mollaei
Nov 11, 2021
#123: The Most Important Skill You Can Develop
Nov 09, 2021
#122: Pick Your Next Destination
Nov 02, 2021
#121: Passing Through The Unfortunate Middle
Oct 26, 2021
#120: Sneaky Unprofitability
Oct 19, 2021
#119: Virtuous Procrastination Is Still Procrastination
Oct 12, 2021
#118: LIVE with Melanie Leonard
Oct 07, 2021
#117: Daily Huddle Redefined
Oct 05, 2021
#116: LIVE with Ernie Svenson
Sep 30, 2021
#115: Certainty Is For Suckers
Sep 28, 2021
#114: LIVE with Chris White (Part 2)
Sep 23, 2021
#113: How Much $$ To Invest In Your Growth
Sep 21, 2021
#112: LIVE with Chris White (Part 1)
Sep 16, 2021
#111: Play The Long Game
Sep 14, 2021
#110: LIVE with Joey Vitale
Sep 09, 2021
Velocity Work LIVE Announcement
Sep 08, 2021
#109: Top Takeaways from Sir Alex Ferguson Documentary
Sep 07, 2021
#108: The Wee Things Matter
Aug 31, 2021
#107: Leading Indicators vs. Lagging Indicators
Aug 24, 2021
#106: Goals vs. Rocks
Aug 17, 2021
#105: When To Shift Your Vision To Bigger-Scale Impact
Aug 10, 2021
#104: June Sprint Lessons Learned (extras!)
Aug 03, 2021
#103: June Sprint Lessons Learned re: Honoring the Plan
Jul 27, 2021
#102: June Sprint Lessons Learned re: Planning
Jul 20, 2021
#101: The 3 Stages of Awareness
Jul 13, 2021
#100: Pride
Jul 06, 2021
#99: [Litigation vs Transactional] The Time Management Difference
Jun 29, 2021
#98: Focus Forward™ Framework: Honor
Jun 22, 2021
#97: Focus Forward™Framework: Plan
Jun 15, 2021
#96: Focus Forward™Framework: Aim
Jun 08, 2021
#95:How You Spend Your Weekends
Jun 01, 2021
#94: Transformation vs. Change
May 25, 2021
#93: Requests and Promises
May 18, 2021
#92: April Sprint Lessons Learned re: Honoring Your Plan + Misc.
May 11, 2021
#91: April Sprint Lessons Learned re: Aiming + Planning
May 04, 2021
#90: Personal Integrity
Apr 27, 2021
#89: March Sprint Lessons Learned (batch 3)
Apr 20, 2021
#88: March Sprint Lessons Learned (batch 2)
Apr 13, 2021
#87: March Sprint Lessons Learned (batch 1)
Apr 06, 2021
#86: Fall In Love With The Problem with Tucker Cottingham of Lawyaw
Mar 30, 2021
#85: A Batch of Lessons Learned by March Sprinters
Mar 23, 2021
#84: A Worthy Input: Real Vision
Mar 16, 2021
#83: Post-Event Planning: How to Keep the Emotional High Going
Mar 09, 2021
#82: Tracking Metrics: What’s Your Next Level?
Mar 02, 2021
#81: January Sprint Lessons Learned re: Important Miscellaneous
Feb 23, 2021
#80: January Sprint Lessons Learned re: Monday Map
Feb 16, 2021
#79: January Sprint Lessons Learned re: PROJECTS
Feb 09, 2021
#78: What’s Behind Elise Buie’s Massive Success
Feb 02, 2021
#77: You Come First
Jan 26, 2021
#76: How to Determine Your ROI on an Idea with Moshe Amsel
Jan 19, 2021
#75: A Tactic to Prevent Useless Rabbit Holes
Jan 12, 2021
#74: An Uncompromising Relationship with Yourself
Jan 05, 2021
#73: Friday Wrap
Dec 29, 2020
#72: How We Work With Law Firm Owners
Dec 22, 2020
#71: Reflect and Get Clear at the Turn of the Year
Dec 15, 2020
#70: Be Decisive
Dec 08, 2020
#69: Monday Map: Double Down in December
Dec 01, 2020
#68: Demystifying Customer Service for Law Firm Owners with John Strohmeyer
Nov 24, 2020
#67: Your Self-Concept
Nov 17, 2020
#66: Decelerate on Purpose
Nov 10, 2020
#65: Personal Frameworks
Nov 03, 2020
#64: Rest Matters
Oct 27, 2020
#63: Massive Action vs. Passive Action
Oct 20, 2020
#62: Level Up With Delegation (with Talitha Gray Kozlowski)
Oct 13, 2020
#61: Client Lessons on Emotions, Delegation, and Calendaring
Oct 06, 2020
#60: Kickstart Q4: Reflect. Plan. GO.
Sep 29, 2020
#59: Hiring an Overseas Virtual Assistant with Joey Vitale of Indie Law
Sep 22, 2020
#58: Being Taught vs. Learning
Sep 15, 2020
#57: Accountability Charts
Sep 08, 2020
#56: The Root Cause of Your Distractions
Sep 01, 2020
#55: Decide the Result You're Going to Get Next Month
Aug 25, 2020
#54: [Part 3] Behind the Curtain of Mastery Groups
Aug 18, 2020
#53: [Part 2] Behind the Curtain of Mastery Groups
Aug 11, 2020
#52: [Part 1] Behind the Curtain of Mastery Groups
Aug 04, 2020
#51: Future Regrets
Jul 28, 2020
#50: All-In
Jul 21, 2020
#49: Pain Now or Pain Later--You Decide
Jul 14, 2020
#48: Lazy Choices
Jul 07, 2020
#47: 2020 Second Half
Jun 30, 2020
#46: Stop Immediately Answering Things
Jun 23, 2020
#45: Negotiating with Yourself
Jun 16, 2020
#44: Calendaring
Jun 09, 2020
#43: Attorney Margin
Jun 02, 2020
#42: [Class excerpt] Motivational Triad
May 26, 2020
#41: Difference Makers
May 19, 2020
#40: Constraint
May 12, 2020
#39: Top-notch Customer Service + Cutting Edge Technology with Maddy Martin, Head of Growth and Education at Smith.ai
May 05, 2020
#38: Ernie Svenson--Finding Results Through Authenticity
Apr 28, 2020
#37: From Delegation to Dad Jokes--A Year in Review with Chris Nicolaysen and Jake Kimball of Springs Law Group
Apr 21, 2020
#36: Activity vs. Results
Apr 14, 2020
#35: Leveraging Technology for Legal Research + Running a Company in the Age of COVID-19 with Erik Pickering, President of Tracers
Apr 07, 2020
#34: Your Escape Buttons
Mar 31, 2020
[Announcement] Two Weeks of Daily Accountability with Melissa Shanahan
Mar 29, 2020
#33: STRONGER vs. Weak -- How Are You Gonna Come Out of this Phase?
Mar 24, 2020
#32: Layered Thinking
Mar 17, 2020
#31: Win/Win/Win -- A Decision Filter to Use on the Regular
Mar 10, 2020
#30: Joey Vitale -- Thoughts, Opinions, and Lessons Learned
Mar 03, 2020
#29: Jordan Ostroff -- Real Relationships, Better Referrals
Feb 25, 2020
#28: Emily Kerr-Finell -- Entrepreneurship and All its Facets
Feb 18, 2020
#27: Damon Pendleton -- Growing Your Firm to Match Your Dreams
Feb 11, 2020
#26: Chelsea Z. Williams -- Getting Your (Financial) House in Order
Feb 04, 2020
#25: Luke Tyson -- Company Culture and Conflict Resolution
Jan 28, 2020
#24: Sarah Santacroce -- LinkedIn and the Human Connection
Jan 21, 2020
#23: Francine E. Love -- Building a Firm with Love (Pun Intended)
Jan 14, 2020
#22: The Next 8 Weeks: Podcast Interviews Coming Your Way!
Jan 07, 2020
#21: How We Work With Clients
Dec 31, 2019
#20: An End-of-Year Exercise
Dec 17, 2019
#19: Self-Confidence
Dec 10, 2019
#18: Daily Huddle
Dec 03, 2019
#17: Know Your Compelling Reason (It's Required For Success)
Nov 26, 2019
#16: The Catalyzing Effect of Constant Recognition (Inside Your Firm)
Nov 19, 2019
#15: Two Important Numbers in Strategic Planning + How to Calculate Them
Nov 12, 2019
#14: The Importance of Tracking + Free Tracking Template
Nov 05, 2019
#13: Essential Elements of a Worthwhile Strategic Plan + Free Strategic Planning Guide
Oct 29, 2019
#12: Superthinking Part 2
Oct 22, 2019
#11: Superthinking Part 1
Oct 15, 2019
#10: How Being an Emotional Adult Will Supercharge Your Firm
Oct 08, 2019
#9: Time to Push the Reset Button? The Importance of Not Leaving Yourself in the Dust
Oct 01, 2019
#8: Four Kinds of Luck
Sep 24, 2019
#7: A Diagram of Growth for Every Law Firm
Sep 17, 2019
#6: Stop Simultaneously Using Coaches/Consultants/Programs, etc.
Sep 10, 2019
#5: Don't Be In a Hurry
Sep 03, 2019
#4: Be Productive: Planning, Discipline, and Integrity
Aug 27, 2019
#3: Allocating Your Firm's Incoming Revenue
Aug 20, 2019
#2: The Missing Ingredient in the Attempt at Success
Aug 13, 2019
#1: Podcast Purpose + Meet Your Host!
Aug 08, 2019