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January 26, 2004 | National Law Journal

New partners are in the perfect position to become the kind of bosses that people love rather than loathe. Here's how.

By Holly English

7 minute read

February 24, 2003 | National Law Journal

Open your mind to flexible work arrangements.

By Holly English and Phyllis Weiss Haserot

6 minute read

April 28, 2003 | National Law Journal

Holly English answers readers' questions about generating business as an associate, criticism by e-mail instead of face to face, and an office affair.

By Holly English

9 minute read

October 27, 2003 | National Law Journal

Internal Affairs: All that sports talk in the office makes some people feel excluded � and not all of them are women.

By Holly English

10 minute read

June 09, 2003 | National Law Journal

Holly English answers lawyers' questions about looking the part, playing sports, and deciding when to quit and follow your passion.

By Holly English

9 minute read

March 15, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

I`m frustrated by the standards in my firm. I get work from associates all the time that has misspellings, grammatical errors, basic stylistic errors and so forth. I mark up documents thoroughly and hand them back in an effort to bring people along and make them realize their myriad errors. But they take exception to having their documents marked up; somehow they are offended. How else can they learn?

By Holly English

6 minute read

February 20, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

It's a well-known fact: One of the main reasons people stick with their jobs, or vote with their feet and leave, is because of their immediate supervisor.

By Holly English

7 minute read

September 02, 2004 | Law.com

No, we're not kidding. Must an otherwise friendly person abandon consideration of others to be taken seriously as an attorney? Do support staff and junior attorneys respond more promptly to attorneys who yell and scream? A consultant addresses this important issue and explains that nice people need not despair: The Jekyll and Hyde approach need not be the solution to practicing law effectively.

By Holly English

3 minute read

July 21, 2006 | New York Law Journal

My current employer has been wonderful, even letting me cut back my work schedule to four eight-hour days when I had children. The only problem is that I'm bored. Am I living in a dream world believing that there's another employer out there that will allow a work/life balance?

By Holly English

4 minute read

January 15, 2004 | Law.com

Though e-mail is a great tool for streamlining information and perfunctory organizational matters, it's a pathetically poor mode of communication for sticky topics. It doesn't have any of the body language and informal cues that a face-to-face meeting, or even a telephone call, can include. Bottom line: Those inclined to transmit sensitive information via e-mail should sit back and think first.

By Holly English

3 minute read