Business Management
3 Ways of Sabotaging an LNC Business
I meet LNCs who are struggling in their businesses. They attribute their struggles to attorneys not being interested in what they have to offer, an over-saturated market, or not having the right connections. Could they be unknowingly sabotaging an LNC business? One LNC told me that the only ones who make it in this field…
Read MoreWhat Kayaking Taught Me about Legal Nurse Consulting
The first time I went kayaking I discovered a Florida that you cannot see from cars. In the process of learning how to kayak, I saw parallels to growing a legal nurse consulting business. Be patient with yourself when you are doing something for the first time In December 2015, Chris taught me how to…
Read MoreThe ABCs of a Legal Nurse Consulting Business
How are you attending to the ABCs of a Legal Nurse Consulting Business? A stands for Attitude Your attitude towards your business is one of the biggest factors in your success. I talk to LNCs who have great attitudes – they work hard to improve their skills. They envision themselves as being busy with a…
Read MoreOvercoming Obstacles to Your LNC Success
As I looked around the room filled with LNCs attending the AALNC conference last week, I saw many people who were successful in overcoming obstacles to their success. Some had to juggle their calendars, some had to brave storms, and others had to get geared up to take a risk. For some, just getting to…
Read MoreWhen are You Ready to Hire LNC Subcontractors?
Do you feel about LNC subcontractors like this legal nurse consultant? “I fear the time it may take to find reliable, high quality LNCs who will meet deadlines. I do not have time to train them or do the work at the last-minute if they fail to meet my deadline. Because of this I keep…
Read MoreSelf-Improvement Lessons My LNC Business Taught Me
I wonder if you can identify with the need for self-improvement. My mother’s grandparents were British and Irish. They taught my mother and her siblings how to survive in America after getting off the ship from Ireland. My mother learned and passed on to her children many helpful lessons about being a survivor. But she…
Read MoreDestructive Technology Addiction: How Does it Affect LNCs?
“Digital amnesia”: the inability to remember information without looking at your phone. Technology addiction is dulling our memories. You are familiar with the destructive nature of alcoholism, drug addiction, and eating addictions. We all, however, need to be aware of an addiction that is rapidly gaining force in today’s technological society. This is technology addiction.…
Read More9 Tips for a Successful Legal Nurse Consulting Business
Legal nurse consultants ask me about what I did to create such a successful independent legal nurse consulting practice. I followed some principles that foster success. #1 – Do Not Allow Others to Dictate the Terms of Your Business to You In many cases, LNCs simply do not realize how much control they have over…
Read MoreWhat’s Your LNC Path?
As a legal nurse consultant, you have several options for the role you will assume. The field is like nursing in the sense that you can move from one setting or role to another. I consider myself a medical surgical nurse, but have had many roles based on that knowledge. In the course of my…
Read MoreHow to Improve Your Focus as an LNC
In this week’s Legal Nurse Podcast, Lori Rochino talked about organization and productivity. One of the most concrete ways to be more productive is to improve your focus as an LNC. Tips to improve your focus Maybe you want to focus on a single task, but find yourself easily distracted. You find it difficult to…
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