Lynda ArtesaniLegal Accountant and Data Migration Specialist at The Proper Trust

Terrell Turner explains how your accountant can help you reach your goals for your law firm

8 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment, Terrell Turner discusses a common challenge faced by attorneys who participate in coaching programs: they collect a multitude of performance metrics without understanding which ones truly reflect progress toward their stated business goals. Turner illustrates the issue with a conversation where an attorney could list many metrics but could not identify which metric indicated proximity to their goal. He emphasizes that once an attorney’s specific goal is clarified, a consultant can pinpoint the most relevant metrics that serve as reliable indicators of advancement, enabling more focused and effective performance tracking.

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Working with different attorneys who have gone through so many different coaching programs. And, and I think that's where, you know, I guess for us is being able to see the numbers. And I think as we understand the numbers is we can, once we kind of know what their goals are, we can tell you what numbers are most related to you getting towards that goal. And so I remember having a conversation with an attorney. They pulled up this file of All the metrics that they had, or, you know, they're like, yeah, well, the program I'm in to tell me this, this, this, and this. I said, okay, all right, so what is your goal that you want? And they told me what their goal was. I'm like, okay, all right, which one of these metrics are going to help you know if you're close or you're far away? And they were like, I really don't know.