And the rest of my work time is
spent meeting with clients at their homes.
For example, one day recently was
spent meeting with a client to discuss how to deal with a competitor's patents.
Not exact matches
As a business adds workers, it's important for its owner to
spend his time focusing on higher - level tasks like
meeting with clients and strategizing new projects.
Many small - businesses have indicated that they are going to
spend more in 2014, from putting more money into online advertising to increasing product offerings, hiring additional employees or hitting the road to
meet with clients and potential customers face to face.
As the CEO of Alteon WebSystems, a Silicon Valley data - networking company that was poised to go public, he
spent months on the road
meeting with business partners and wooing
clients.
At many companies, men already take «invisible leave» to
spend time
with their children — they might take an afternoon off to take the kids to their baseball game, for example, while allowing their employer and co-workers to think they're
meeting clients.
«Feedback from recent
meetings with our corporate
clients is that in general they
spent the first quarter getting the details on their total accumulated profits abroad and the currency and asset composition,» the analysts added.
At Legg Mason, he said, «I
spent a lot of time doing stuff that I really didn't want to do, like traveling all over the world and pitching for business and
meeting with clients.»
We help our
clients spend more time
meeting with qualified prospects rather than looking for them, or having to qualify them.
Without a doubt, the
meetings with my baby - boomer assistant, daily conversations
with my Gen - X boss and other interactions
with clients and colleagues taught me and challenged me more than I could have ever imagined after
spending most of the previous four years around people my age.
If the lobbyist
spent Thursday being paid to
meet with newspaper editorial boards in the district urging them to come out in favor of the bill and writing press releases about the bill for the
client, that work would often be treated differently and not reported.
Cramming in intense workouts to
meet my goals for my dress while then
spending evenings and lunch hours
meeting with vendors results in a need, like most fitness
clients these days, for a multi-tasking workout that will provide results.
When working on a floral proposal we
spend time doing design boards, writing and revising proposals, communicating and
meeting with clients, sourcing and buying flowers — and that is all months before your actual wedding day.
Performance Trust has
spent a significant amount of energy to differentiate itself in our market to provide our
clients with results and strategies that
meet the needs of their respective institutions.
Many
clients come to me devastated by having
spent months in a fantasy digital relationship
with someone who they've never actually
met, and then feel betrayed and rejected when the person moves on to someone else without so much as a goodbye.
«Too often they found themselves on dates
with unavailable people,» said Samantha Daniels, a professional matchmaker in New York who has
spent the last 16 years listening to
clients complain about the people they
meet online.
The day comes when he
meets up once more [
with] that very same
client, and the man who
spends his life arranging weddings for others unexpectedly learns a few things about love himself.
«You can expense most things that you
spend to earn income, such as your cell phone, advertising costs, and a portion of the lunch you paid for when
meeting with a
client,» says Toronto - based accountant and immigration consultant Eric Cheung.
Our veterinarian
spends individual time visiting
with each pet and
client, performing a physical examination and interviewing the pet owner about the pet's behavior, diet, and activity to ensure optimal wellness for every animal we
meet.
Unless you fly
with your family over a dozen times a year, or are a frequent business traveler who must fly /
meet / entertain
clients at airports, your $ 400 - 700 is better
spent elsewhere.
Prior to
spending a day at the beach or
meeting with clients, wind down
with a rejuvenating dip in our infinity, adult - only or family - friendly pool.
It's tempting to go to a speculative
meeting with a prospect
client when you know they haven't got the right budget to
spend with you, but you really must learn to say no when it comes to time - wasters.
As a coach for lawyers
with busy legal practices most of my time is
spent in
meetings and about 10 % of those
meetings get rescheduled on short notice to accommodate my
clients» closings, trial dates and the like.
Because they were just trying to hit a quota of
meeting with prospective
clients and referral partners, and I was naïve enough that I assumed just
spending time networking would turn into referrals.
But if an attorney
spends most of their day
meeting with potential
clients that never become
clients, does that mean free case evaluations are a waste of time?
For many attorneys, the majority of their day is
spent talking to potential
clients,
meeting with current
clients, dealing
with opposing counsel, and doing other things that do not involve writing legal analysis.
To
meet a swelling demand for their services, firms had gone on
spending sprees, bringing in so - called «rainmakers» (partners
with a knack for luring
clients), hiring new associates, investing in technology and expanding not only into larger offices but also into other cities.
Now, the time I
spend on a collaborative case is mostly communication
with my
client, or in four way
meetings — or preparing the legal documents that are necessary to document their settlement.
Obviously some time must be
spent in the office
meeting with clients and partners.
(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200
with further reductions planned; (ii) the
clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal
spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships
with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing
with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and
meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «
clients» who never become
clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share
with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii)
clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external
spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations
with their
clients.
The real costs are substantial and the opportunity costs of
spending hours to have a short
meeting with a jailed
client are unimaginable.
In addition to
meetings with Foley Hoag attorneys, the entrepreneurs
spent their time in New York
with tax specialists, potential
clients, consultants and contractors to further explore expansion in the U.S. and related issues, including immigration, taxation, accounting and communications.
He
spends most days
meeting with clients, taking depositions, appearing in court, developing new business, and running the firm.
The key is to find a balance
with automation and streamlined processes behind the scenes and just enough time
spent on the phone or face to face to make the
client feel as though his / her needs are being
met.
And, from a marketing and business development perspective,
spending lots of time in bar associations is probably not the best place to
meet and build relationships
with prospective
clients.
Having
spent most of his career
with large law firms employing 500 - 750 attorneys, Lee decided he could offer his
clients increased responsiveness, greater value, and better service by opening his own law firm devoted to
meeting client objectives and achieving results at a minimum of expense.
As an employment defense attorney, your day is probably
spent meeting court deadlines, consulting
with clients, and handling the daily demands of a busy practice.
I research, write, and edit for other lawyers so they can
spend more time
meeting clients, trying cases, and getting on
with their lives.
We want our summer associates to get out there,
meet people,
spend time
with clients or
spend time
with us to see lawyers in action.
Most of my
clients are high tech entrepreneurs or professionals; they can't easily leave their offices for
meetings with their lawyer and some of them
spend a lot of time on the road.
We assist
clients with their HR legal
spend by providing on - going skills transfers to their HR and management teams through our «route map» strategy
meetings, lessons learned reports, and regular employment surgeries, in addition to our highly regarded
client training, using both on - site and web - based learning.
Why Richard typically
spends 20 - 30 minutes on each phone consultation, and how he uses this process to «qualify» each
client before he
meets with them
Additionally, she develops creative pricing arrangements to
meet client objectives, improves the transparency of
client legal
spend, and assists attorneys in managing large portfolios of legal matters across many offices and areas of law
with the assistance of Bryan Cave's proprietary software tools.
If you can find a good teacher or mentor who will
spend a few minutes
with you de-briefing a
client meeting or analyzing the consequences of a missed deadline, your learning will be boosted.
Work is office based but time is also
spent outside the office,
meeting with clients and interviewing candidates.
Most insurance sales agents work in offices, although some may
spend time traveling to
meet with clients.
Pre Sales Consultants typically work in an office environment, although a portion of their time is
spent out in the field
meeting with clients.
People in this career must travel frequently to
meet with clients, but also
spend time in their office and generally work daytime weekday hours.
• Planned all office
meetings and events • Coordinated communications
with vendors,
clients and inter-office personnel • Handled billing and accounts payable, justified
spending reports and created purchase orders • Supervised 120 person office staff and reviewed payroll
You will be seeking new opportunities while working
with existing
clients to deliver exceptional service throughout the North of England
with a large proportion of your time
spent on business development
with new (warm) and existing
clients by the way of networking, cold calling &
client meetings, along
with regular advertising to attract new candidates using various means such as job boards, job centres, websites and social media.