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Partnerships are known to be one of the most complex of business models to manage. Taskers believe that there are three core areas in the successful management portfolio. They are:
Planning procedures:
Managing your people effectively:
Operational issues:
 Planning procedures that actually work for the firm – this is central to the successful management of any modern practice.
STRATEGIC PLANNING REVIEWS
When you’re concentrating on making sufficient profits – not only to re-invest but also to maintain quality of life – it’s all too easy to lose sight of where your overall objectives lie.
Taskers has immense experience in helping firms with in-house strategic overview, clarifying where they’re heading and enabling them to maintain fee-earning momentum coupled with overall growth and sense of direction.
IN NEED OF A FACILITATED STRATEGIC RETREAT?
TASKERS LAW MANAGEMENT CONSULTING WILL MANAGE THE WHOLE EXERCISE ON YOUR BEHALF…
- A preliminary review to identify key issues
- Finding and organising a suitable venue
- Timetabling
- Paperwork
- Conference facilitation
- Follow-up notes
- Resulting in prioritised & timetabled objectives
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMMES
Taskers also specialises in delivering structured follow-up programmes. In some ways, similar to personal mentoring and coaching, they ensure a high success rate in the implementation of agreed objectives and projects.
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Managing your people effectively
– a key factor in successfully implementing development strategies.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT REVIEWS
Are appraisals viewed by staff as the same tired old process? Taskers will review systems so as to keep them fresh, relevant and a key motivational tool. The Consultancy will also coach appraisers and assist them in carrying out reviews, demonstrating a committed, caring and objective approach by your Partnership.
PARTNER DEVELOPMENT REVIEWS
If the relationship between members of the Partnership is not working well it is frequently due to a lack of clarity as to what roles are and how they are operating. All members of a Partnership need to be clear about what they expect from the Partnership – as well as what the Partnership expects from them. Effective Partner Reviews are a vital and often neglected part of that relationship. Taskers are experienced in delivering cogent, objective appraisals for partners and senior managers.
MENTORING AND COACHING OF KEY STAFF
How often is the effect of an up-beat appraisal lost due to lack of follow-up activity? Taskers’ portfolio embraces Mentoring and Coaching – logical next steps in the review process. They maintain personal objectives at the forefront of peoples’ minds and enhance success levels in attaining them.
DEALING WITH SENSITIVE OR PROBLEM CASES
From time to time every firm experiences the disruption of a staff situation becoming unstable. Taskers’ dispassionate third party approach can help turn negatives into positives or, in worst cases, smooth exit negotiations.
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Operational issues – Taskers has in-depth experience in other core areas vital to the development and smooth running of any practice. These include:
STRUCTURAL REVIEW
An overview of the firm’s structures, their relationship to each other and operational effectiveness to assist partners and managers in resolving management issues and implementing change.
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION & PROFITABILITY FOCUS
When dealing with a heavy client load it is all too easy to lose sight of the need to make money. Our assistance for hard-pressed practitioners involves identifying areas with scope for improvement in their teams’ performances. These may not always be purely financial! Taskers will provide hands-on help in enhancing procedures.
FORENSIC CONSULTANCY
When you know that something isn’t running as hoped – but you’re a little bit too close to work out why not – the Consultancy can quickly identify the problems and assist in designing and implementing a solutions pack.
DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW
Departments and teams need more than just financial targets to work to. The Consultancy can work with them to establish first what is needed maintain and enhance motivation and, where appropriate, to put improvements in place.
RISK MANAGEMENT
The pace of modern practice exposes us to countless commercial risks in areas that one might least expect to find them. We can help you to identify these and put in place the measures needed to contain, minimise and manage them effectively.
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