The E-Myth Attorney: Why Most Legal Practices Don't Work and What to Do About It - Hardcover

Gerber, Michael E.; Armstrong J.D., Robert; Fisch, Sanford

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470503653 ISBN 13: 9780470503652

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2010

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The complete guide to the business of running a successful legal practice

Many attorneys in small and mid-size practices are experts on the law, but may not have considered their practice as much from a business perspective.

Michael Gerber’s The E-Myth Attorney fills this void, giving you powerful advice on everything you need to run your practice as a successful business, allowing you to achieve your goals and grow your practice. Featuring Gerber's signature easy-to-understand, easy-to-implement style, The E-Myth Attorney features:

• A complete start-up guide you can use to get your practice off the ground quickly, as well as comprehensive action steps for maximizing the performance of an existing practice
• Industry specific advice from two recognized legal experts that have developed a highly successful legal practice using Gerber’s principles
• Gerber’s universal appeal as a recognized expert on small businesses who has coached, taught, and trained over 60,000 small businesses

The E-Myth Attorney is the last guide you'll ever need to make the difference in building or developing your successful legal practice.

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MICHAEL E. GERBER is a small business guru, bestselling author (over 3 million copies combined sales worldwide), the founder and Chairman of Michael E. Gerber Companies―a group of highly unique enterprises dedicated to creating world-class start-ups and entrepreneurs in every industry and economy―and the founder of E-Myth Worldwide, a company that transforms the way small business owners grow their companies and which has evolved into an empire over its history of nearly three decades. Michael Gerber’s passion and genius for understanding entrepreneurs and the workings of small businesses is the crux of his tremendous worldwide appeal and success. www.michaelegerber.com.

ROBERT ARMSTRONG, JD, is a legal entrepreneur and a practicing attorney since 1976. Robert is the cofounder of the California law firm, Armstrong, Fisch & Tutoli, and the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, a national organization providing a total solution for estate planning and elder law firms.

SANFORD M. FISCH, JD, is cofounder and CEO of the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys. A practicing attorney since 1980, he has combined his keen business sense with an unparalleled understanding of law firm management, marketing, and client relations.

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Running a successful legal practice is a juggling act. You need expertise in your area of the law to provide services to clients. You also need the know-how to run a small business. You’ve probably been well prepared by your education and experience for the technical ins and outs of legal practice. Yet what training has prepared you to run a business?

The E-Myth Attorney fills this knowledge gap, giving you a complete toolkit for either starting a successful practice from scratch or maximizing an existing practice’s performance. Loaded with practical, powerful advice you can implement easily, this one-stop guide enables you to realize all the benefits that come with a thriving legal services business.

Combining the wisdom of renowned business development expert Michael E. Gerber and the legal expertise of attorneys Robert Armstrong and Sanford Fisch, The E-Myth Attorney equips you to:

• Liberate yourself from the predictable and often overwhelming tyranny of unprofitable, unproductive, and time-consuming routines
• Transform yourself from a successful legal technician (attorney) into a successful legal-manager-entrepreneur
• Rethink your practice, shifting from tactical thinking (working “in” your business) to strategic thinking (working “on” your business)
• Stop trading time for dollars
• Manage those processes through which people get things done, which becomes your Management System—for everything you do
• Implement innovative systems to produce consistent results as your practice grows
• Take the sanctity of time seriously, blocking time for entrepreneurial work and using a weekly planning tool
• Create the story about your practice; this story becomes the heart of your practice

Leading a legal practice can seem like a daunting task, with too few hours in the day, too many petty management issues, and problems attorneys at large firms don’t seem to face. The E-Myth Attorney offers you a road map to create a legal business that’s self-sufficient, growing, and highly profitable. Take your practice to levels you didn’t think possible with this unique guide!

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Running a successful legal practice is a juggling act. You need expertise in your area of the law to provide services to clients. You also need the know-how to run a small business. You've probably been well prepared by your education and experience for the technical ins and outs of legal practice. Yet what training has prepared you to run a business?

The E-Myth Attorney fills this knowledge gap, giving you a complete toolkit for either starting a successful practice from scratch or maximizing an existing practice's performance. Loaded with practical, powerful advice you can implement easily, this one-stop guide enables you to realize all the benefits that come with a thriving legal services business.

Combining the wisdom of renowned business development expert Michael E. Gerber and the legal expertise of attorneys Robert Armstrong and Sanford Fisch, The E-Myth Attorney equips you to:Liberate yourself from the predictable and often overwhelming tyranny of unprofitable, unproductive, and time-consuming routinesTransform yourself from a successful legal technician (attorney) into a successful legal-manager-entrepreneurRethink your practice, shifting from tactical thinking (working "in" your business) to strategic thinking (working "on" your business) Stop trading time for dollars Manage those processes through which people get things done, which becomes your ManagementSystem for everything you do Implement innovative systems to produce consistent results as your practice growsTake the sanctity of time seriously, blocking time for entrepreneurial work and using a weekly planning toolCreate the story about your practice; this storybecomes the heart of your practice

Leading a legal practice can seem like a daunting task,with too few hours in the day, too many petty management issues, and problems attorneys at large firms don't seem to face. The E-Myth Attorney offers you a road map to create a legal business that's self-sufficient, growing, and highly profitable. Take your practice to levels you didn't think possible with this unique guide!

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470503653
• ISBN 13: 9780470503652
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar