Personal Ability
I can't figure out how to use timers.
Can you walk me through how you're using it now?
No one else seems to care about billing contemporaneously. The Partners do it at the end of the month.
Would you be open to me connecting you with someone who uses contemporaneous billing successfully?
I’ve asked for feedback multiple times, but I still get vague responses or nothing at all.
Have you asked for general or specific feedback? Would you be open to trying a different approach?
I’m not sure what I should be focusing on right now—there’s so much and I don’t know what matters most.
Walk me through your current list of tasks and let's work together to prioritize them.
I keep missing deadlines for assignments.
What kind of organization system are you using?
I struggle with organizing my deadlines across matters.
What kind of planning tools or habits have worked for you in the past?
I have a lot going on right now, some deadlines will just get missed.
What’s the impact on your client when a deadline is missed?
It feels like the firm only wants younger leaders for the LEAD program—it makes me feel like I should stop trying for leadership roles.
What kind of growth or visibility are you hoping for? Are there other ways to get where you want?
I’m frustrated that write-offs affect my hours even when it’s not my fault.
Have you noticed any patterns in your write-offs?
I’m juggling too much to track time in real time.
How much time do you think you're losing by not entering your time contemporaneously?
Billing was so much easier at my old firm.
What made it easier there? Can I show you some tools we have here?
I don’t see other partners working with PD—why should I?
What is your personal aspiration here at the firm? How do you want others to view you?
I don’t know what PD even offers, you can't help.
Can I walk you through the coaching resources available and how others have used them?
I don’t want to waste time on things that don’t directly benefit me.
How could investing in this now help you a year from now?
I don’t want to change my workflow just to meet some PD expectation.
What is your biggest obstacle stopping you from trying to change?