About this episode

Molly McGrath discusses how law firm owners can effectively evaluate and manage underperforming employees using a clear decision-making framework.

In this episode, Molly reveals why so many law firm owners struggle with underperforming employees—not because they lack good people, but because they lack a clear framework for making people decisions. You'll walk away with practical tools to evaluate employee performance, coach with confidence, make difficult decisions with clarity, and build a team that helps your law firm grow instead of slowing it down. Key Takeaways: Learn how to determine whether an underperforming employee needs coaching, retraining, a new role, or it's time to let them go using a proven leadership framework. Discover why many hiring mistakes are actually onboarding, training, or role alignment issues—and how to identify the real problem before making costly staffing decisions. Improve employee performance with clear expectations, accountability, coaching, and measurable performance goals that build stronger, more engaged teams. Recognize the warning signs of a true hiring mistake and protect your law firm's culture before poor performance impacts morale, productivity, and profitability. Build a high-performing legal team with practical leadership strategies that strengthen accountability, improve…

People in this episode

Host: Molly McGrath

Topics covered

• employee performance
• coaching
• hiring mistakes
• law firm management
• team building

Keywords

• underperforming employees
• employee evaluation
• coaching
• hiring mistakes
• team growth

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