On January 1, 2020, “zoom” was a verb, a noise a car makes. Three months later, Zoom be came a noun. It happened in the blink of an eye, like when Amazon no longer referred to a river in the rainforest, and Apple was no longer a fruit. Just as suddenly, Corona isn’t a beer served with lime. No one can honestly say the legal profession was prepared for a pandemic. While some companies had a long history of team meetings via WebEx and GoToMeeting, lawyers and the judiciary were far away from regularly using these tools. Yes, we could do arraignments via video from the jail. We could do video depositions. But no one voluntarily selected those options very of ten, especially when in-person transactions seemed more convenient. Now a virtual plat form is our default. Anything in person is the second choice for most. Quite the pivot, born of necessity.
Read moreLeader's Digest: Words and Feelings
Stop listening to what employees are saying and instead be more aware of your employees’ feelings. In Rule #1 we talked about emotional intelligence. One of the five components of emotional intelligence is empathy. I remember back when I was a member of the workforce, there were times when leaders did not listen to my ideas, or I didn’t have the right equipment to do my job. I remember what it was like to have poor leadership and thinking that when my time to be a leader came, I would do a better job. In reality, I didn’t start out doing a better job than the poor managers I’d remembered from my past. I was worse!
Read moreMediation + personal injury: what to expect
If you’ve been in a personal injury accident, mediation may offer a more cost-efficient, speedy and generally less stressful resolution to your case. CCHA is here to help prepare you for what to expect and how to get the most out of your mediation experience.
In mediation, the parties involved in a dispute are guided by a trained, neutral third party (the mediator), to help find a mutually-satisfying solution to the conflict at hand. Mediation is largely voluntary, until a dispute becomes a personal injury lawsuit; both parties must request it and a dispute settlement is only reached if and when both sides are in agreement.
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