Bill Jawitz
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Bill Jawitz
203.876.8999
bill@successtrackesq.com
Bill is the founder of SuccessTrackESQ and has been working exclusively with attorneys since 2002. He helps high-achieving attorneys learn how to run great practices while becoming healthier individuals. Bill’s clients speak of his knack for understanding them and motivating them to learn new ways of thinking and doing that result in less stress and increased peace of mind.
A frequent CLE presenter who consistently receives high scores for content and style, Bill has conducted dozens of training programs for numerous Bar Associations, and has been brought in by law firms and corporate legal departments to guide them on wide-ranging practice management projects.
Bill is certified in the Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching Model.
Bill holds a Master’s degree from Columbia University in Communications and Technology. Prior to founding SuccessTrackESQ, Bill founded and ran Connecticut’s first public charter school (The Odyssey Community School, in Manchester) and served as the founding Technology Coach at The Learning Corridor in Hartford. He is also the author of the nation’s top-selling textbook on media literacy, Understanding Mass Media, 5th Edition.
His lifelong passion for language and civics explains the comfortable fit he enjoys with attorneys. A long-time C-SPAN junkie, Bill maintains a strong interest in public policy and stays abreast of leading-edge thought in organizational development, business, marketing, technology, and leadership development. He devours countless books, articles, blogs, and webinars on every aspect of law practice management and personal development.
Bill is an active guitarist and vocalist and enjoys performing a range of material from Cole Porter to John Lennon. He lives on Long Island Sound, in Milford, CT.
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Marketplace Expectations Hardly a day goes by that you're not aware of it on some level. You read about it in professional journals and newsletters. You detect its influence in conversations with clients and prospective clients. And though you may not be sure of its exact impact on you or your firm, you probably have a growing sense of the challenge it presents.
Prioritize and Delegate Effectively By not delegating effectively, you are wasting your valuable time on tasks that can and should be handled by someone lower down the ladder. You've built inadequate leverage of your production resources into your firm structure and your ability to increase profitability relies too heavily on your own long hours.
You need an effective attorney marketing plan in order to achieve your goals. But coming up with marketing ideas for small law firms isn't easy. Are you using the right communication channels to get the word out about your firm? Are the right clients coming to you? Are your referral sources sending you A-level clients?
From becoming more selective about the work you take in to setting fee expectations, from optimizing collections to managing expenses, your financial security will grow dramatically as you master the role of money in your firm.
When Executive Coach Marshall Goldsmith asks audiences around the world to complete the following sentence, one word is overwhelmingly provided: "When my kids grow up, I want them to be _______." Your response?
Making collection calls to clients is never fun – and it doesn't feel good for us or for them. Yet effective billing and collections is a cornerstone of effective law practice management. Here are 4 Steps you can take to improve the cash flow in your law practice and improve profitability – and increase client satisfaction at the same time:
Recession Response: How to Cut Expenses, Not People (or Client Service) October 4, 2011 By Bill Jawitz Leave a Comment Share With the last of the optimists throwing in the economic towel last week, we appear to be heading to zero growth at best or a double-dip recession at worst. And much like the strange relief brought by the authoritative diagnosis of an illness after a period of anxious uncertainty, we can now focus on what to do next.
One way or another, all of these situations cost you money. You're either going back to get the detail you wanted or you're wasting time with unnecessary information, or you're taking extra time re-doing or re-explaining something.
