February may be the month of hearts and flowers as we celebrate Valentine’s Day but law firms need to make their staff feel loved all year round!
Making your lawyers feel valued and creating a positive culture is the key to retaining the talent you worked so hard to recruit and an added bonus is that happy employees are 13% more productive (according to research by the University of Oxford).
In pursuit of happiness
In a recent survey, individuals were asked: what makes you happy at work? The results may surprise you (it’s not all about the money….)
- 74% said a good work-life balance was their top priority, followed by
- Good relationships with colleagues (69%)
- Trust to manage their own workload (62%)
- Recognition of efforts (49%)
- Generous salary and support from leadership (48%).
Treat your staff right and you’ll feel the love
We all know that the long hours and high-pressure environment which are an inevitable part of legal work from time to time can be incompatible with a good work-life balance.
No employer can afford to neglect staff well-being if they want to avoid a reputation as a poor place to work, so making sure that your legal teams are properly resourced and aren’t operating under excessive levels of stress, is key.
Poorly resourced teams result in staff feeling undervalued, usually followed by them looking elsewhere for a better working environment! There’s also an increased risk of something being missed or going wrong, not to mention client dissatisfaction due to a decline in service levels, when your staff are stretched too thinly.
Can we help?
At Global BPO our teams work seamlessly and securely with our clients’ workforces, taking the pressure off and keeping everyone happy.
Our flexible services are highly agile and we can scale support up (and down) quickly to help you deal with a surge in work or just filling temporary gaps in your staffing.
We source and manage teams of skilled administrators, paralegals and lawyers to deliver support across your firm, removing the burden of recruitment, onboarding and day-to-day management – we deal with it all.
Talk to us
To find out how we could assist you contact our Client Manager, Suzie Young, at: suzie@globalbpo.co.uk for a confidential, no obligation chat.
