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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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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Ep. 111 - Why We're Not Building Our Own AI Agent for Our Law Firm…Yet
Do you want to be a software company? That’s the dumbest thing Marc’s ever said. In this episode of the Successful Barrister, Marc Whitehead & Diana Berry share why they’re not building their own AI agent for their law firm…yet. Hear whether to build your own AI agent for your law firm or outsource it, what the team at Marc Whitehead & Associates is doing with AI today, what AI has to do with the purpose of your law firm, what the future of AI technology will look like, and how to train Claude t
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Ep. 110 - You Asked, We Answered (Part 2): Successful Barrister Listener Questions for Marc Whitehead
Did you know our listeners ask the smartest questions? That’s the smartest thing Marc’s ever said. In this special Part 2 episode of the Successful Barrister, Marc Whitehead & Diana Berry continue to answer your listener questions. Hear why AI can’t make legal decisions, how to keep your youthful hunger as a lawyer, the most toxic thing for the culture of a law firm, the question that scared Diana the most, and what Marc would be doing if he sold his law firm. Meet us in Machu Picchu? Learn mor
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Ep. 109 - You Asked, We Answered (Part 1): Successful Barrister Listener Questions for Marc Whitehead
Did you know the secret’s not in the answer, it’s in the question? That’s the dumbest thing Marc’s ever said. In this special Part 1 episode of the Successful Barrister, Marc Whitehead & Diana Berry answer your listener questions. Hear the type of clients you should never work with in your law firm, the biggest lie lawyers tell themselves, how to find your purpose as a law firm, why travel & conference budgets are a worthwhile perk for your law firm team, and how to tell when a law firm employee
