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Increase Workplace Happiness With A Dream Manager

If you are looking for employees who are loyal to your company, strive to meet company goals, take pride in their work, and want to see their organization grow more successful…then you need to understand the influence of job satisfaction. Employees who feel appreciated and tend to be happier are:

  • cared about by management
  • feel they can be trusted
  • given an appropriate workload

It’s not exactly rocket science that being treated well makes a person happier, but often organizations miss the mark with their attempts to increase employee job satisfaction.

Dream Manager Program

One of the more unorthodox, yet effective strategies at increasing employee happiness is implementing a dream manager program. Matthew Kelly’s book, The Dream Manager, shows how companies can have stupendous results by helping their employees achieve their dreams. A dream manager’s job is quite literally helping employees plan how to fulfill what they desire! This can be anything from helping an employee with their goal of running a marathon to helping an employee learn to make the perfect souffle!

While employees work hard to support company goals, in return, the company is helping them achieve their personal goals. This sends a message to the employees that their interests matter and that their lives outside of work matter.  More importantly, they feel valued. In turn, employees have more confidence and are more invested in their work.  They naturally will work harder and become generally happier, feeling more satisfied with their position.

If you’re looking for a way to increase job satisfaction, consider a dream manager program because it’s fun and rewarding. It truly benefits everyone! Furthermore, it’s doable for almost any company, no matter the size. Even small businesses can fulfill small employee dreams and goals.  It’s certainly a worthwhile investment!

 

Legal Intake Forms: Why You Should Use Them

Do you currently use intake forms when answering new client calls?

If not, you need to rethink your client intake!

Using a detailed standardized intake form will streamline the intake process and ensure that important details are never overlooked. If completing intake forms has not been working for you, your forms may need a facelift. Here are some suggestions of what a great intake form includes:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Contact information
  • Details of the legal issue (some firms put a checklist here)
  • History of prior legal matters
  • Other firms they have worked with
  • And any other information they feel is relevant to the matter

Sometimes it is helpful to create different intake forms for specific needs or case types. Some law firms choose to simplify things even further by doing their intake forms online through Clio.

Intake Forms Are Versatile

Offering intake forms is useful for reasons other than just streamlining the intake process. They can be used as:

  1. A screening tool. If a prospective client is unwilling or hesitant to provide certain information, it could be a sign of problems to come.
  2. Documentation. Intake forms are a great place to document that you have discussed the fee arrangement with your prospective client and that they have agreed to the terms you set forth. This ensures right from the beginning that the prospective client can afford your services.
  3. A risk management tool. Having clients sign that the information on the intake form is correct can save you in the future if something is incorrect or inaccurate.
  4. Identify future needs. They can help you identify if a potential client needs any additional legal services that you may be able to help with in the future.

Intake Forms Are Useful

Intake forms are infinitely useful and can be implemented in any law firm. Remember, they’re not just a tool to make life better for you—your prospective clients will also love them because they offer an easier, neater, and more streamlined process for them too! When your client is going through long, expensive, and messy legal matters, they will recognize and appreciate every effort made by you to simplify their experience.

If you have yet to implement intake forms in your law firm, what’s stopping you?

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