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Article - To Have Or Not To Have Partner Reviews: A Reflection Of Firm Culture published by Law Journal Newsletters and written by Sharon Meet Abrahams (Jul. 2022):
Firms are conducting their mid-year associate reviews around this time. What about partners? Typically, partner feedback is given by means of their new annual compensation. If your firm is not doing partner reviews now is the time to start. As firms are looking for ways to increase retention and survive the great resignation conducting partner reviews might hold the key. Doing reviews makes a statement about your firm’s culture.
Firms that conduct annual partner reviews often rely on a self-report from the partner and an analysis of the partner’s statistics (hours, origination, etc.). This quantitative data will not help combat the outflow of associates. What firms need are qualitative reviews that discuss and reveal the impact of partners’ behaviors. This reveals the firm’s culture.
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Article - How To Recover From Work Stress, According To Science published by Harvard Business Review, and written by Nele Dael, Bonnie Hayden Cheng, Franciska Krings, and Alyson Meister (Jul. 5, 2022):
To combat stress and burnout, employers are increasingly offering benefits like virtual mental health support, spontaneous days or even weeks off, meeting-free days, and flexible work scheduling. Despite these efforts and the increasing number of employees buying into the importance of wellness, the effort is lost if you don’t actually recover. So, if you feel like you’re burning out, what works when it comes to recovering from stress? The authors discuss the “recovery paradox” — that when our bodies and minds need to recover and reset the most, we’re the least likely and able to do something about it — and present five research-backed strategies for recovering from stress at work.
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