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Who and what are you supervising?
Attorneys, paralegals, schedulers, and admin. staff.
I’m a direct supervisor to four atty one paralegal and a team of three admin in my office. The firm has two offices and I indirectly manage issues there. I’m quality control in a lot of ways: how does the client respond to invoices for services, how can we grow the firm and generate referrals from good outcomes, and also litigate my case. It’s a balance. I’m not sure I am doing balance all that well, but being in this role helped me feel invested in this company, which is neat and fun to build culture. You can have a real impact as a supervisor. For example, catching an associate’s mistake to enable them to bypass a procedural hurdle feels good.
My advice is to stay big picture. What relationships can you build to get your goals met? How can you be stern to an associate that you were colleagues with on the same level? Mistakes get attributed to management, and management gets named in complaints if any against the company. With great power comes great responsibility of course. I like to think I have had a positive impact for us at our firm, but it takes a really good team to make it work. You are not on an island. Ask for help.
Keep me posted on how it goes! Cheers.