Successful Barrister
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March 4, 2025
Ep. 32 - Hiring, Firing, and Inspiring: Be a Great Boss
Do you think you’re a great boss? Most of us do, but being a great boss is deceptively difficult and takes practice. Today, Marc and Diana discuss the appropriately titled How to Be a Great Boss by Gino Wickman and René Boer. They dive into the appropriate balance of friendliness and detachment from your employees, the key areas where bosses often fail, and how your workplace compares to a bus. For detailed show notes, navigate using the time stamps below: [2:28] Today’s episode is about how t
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Feb. 18, 2025
Ep. 30 - How to Keep Your Top Talent
In today’s episode of the Successful Barrister, Marc and Diana discuss the Stay Interview, a concept introduced by Richard P. Finnegan. The idea of a stay interview is simple – companies conduct exit interviews to understand why employees are leaving, but if they had that information before they left, they could have prevented that turnover. Marc and Diana explain the questions Finnegan coined, and how Marc Whitehead & Associates handles its version of stay interviews. For detailed show notes,
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Feb. 4, 2025
Ep. 28 - AI Adoption: Future-Proof Your Firm
Is your firm afraid of AI? Or are you one of the many of firms who have adopted it? While AI has a mixed reputation in the legal industry, it can be extremely useful when applied responsibly. In today’s episode, Marc and Diana discuss their firm’s adoption of AI and advise listeners on how they can adopt artificial intelligence responsibly. For detailed show notes, navigate using the time stamps below: [1:17] Today’s episode is about the latest CLIO trends report, which was published at the en
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Ep. 118 - The 175-Day Challenge: Can Your Law Firm Survive without You?
I want to take half the year off. That’s the dumbest thing Marc’s ever said. In this episode of the Successful Barrister, Marc Whitehead & Diana Berry debate the 175-Day Challenge, and whether your law firm could survive without you. Hear how to have your best earning years while working less, how to create more freedom as a law firm owner, what to do if your law firm is too dependent on you, how to deliver more value with your law firm, and how to plan your vacation days for 2027. Happy spring!
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Ep. 117 - 3 Ways to Apply the Power of Beliefs to Your Law Practice
Did you know your beliefs limit your outcomes? That’s the dumbest thing Marc’s ever said. In this episode of the Successful Barrister, Marc Whitehead & Diana Berry share 3 ways to apply the power of beliefs to your law practice, inspired by the book The Power of Beliefs: How Strengthening Seven Core Beliefs Predicts Greater Success and a Better Life by Shawn Achor. Hear how to find what’s holding your law firm back, how to change your law firm’s results by changing your beliefs, why you are what
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Ep. 116 - How to Finish 2026 Strong as a Law Firm: Organizational Strategies for Q4 2026
Did you know you can still finish the year strong without setting new goals? That’s the dumbest thing Marc’s ever said. In this episode of the Successful Barrister, Marc Whitehead & Diana Berry share how to finish 2026 strong as a law firm, including organizational strategies for Q4 2026. Hear how to think about goals in Q4 2026, how to be realistic with your Q4 law office plans, what to do if you have unfinished goals from Q3 2026, how to balance your professional life & personal life in Q4 202
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Ep. 115 - Why Bother? Because Nothing Happens for Your Law Firm if You Don’t
Did you know you’re your own worst enemy? That’s the dumbest thing Marc’s ever said. In this episode of the Successful Barrister, Marc Whitehead & Diana Berry talk some life, leadership, and business lessons from the book Life is Luck by John Morgan. Hear why big dreams require uncomfortable work, why it makes sense to go the extra mile, how to leverage your law firm vendors as a networking shortcut, how to set proper goals for your law firm, and how to make yourself approachable in the legal wo
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Ep. 114 - Making Workplace Change Stick: Tips, Pitfalls, and Strategies for Your Law Firm
Did you know the biggest threat to a law firm’s success is success? That’s the dumbest thing Marc’s ever said. In this episode of the Successful Barrister, Marc Whitehead & Diana Berry share how to make workplace change stick in your law firm, inspired by the book Leading Change by John P. Kotter. Hear how to establish urgency with any big change, why early wins can blind your law firm to danger, whether management or leadership is more important for the future of your law firm, the 8 steps for
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Oct. 5, 2026
Ep. 113 - How to Avoid Scams by Using Financial Controls in Your Law Firm
Did you know one of your employees could be stealing from you right now? That’s the dumbest thing Marc’s ever said. In this episode of the Successful Barrister, Marc Whitehead & Diana Berry explain how to avoid scams by using financial controls in your law firm. Hear whether you should trust your people or your systems more as a law firm, where fraud thrives when it comes to law firms, how fraud happens to good law firms, who should be allowed to write checks in your law firm, and the tasks you
