Look at the firm you have.
Follow what happens to enquiries, consultations, clients, billing, communication, staffing and technology in a real working week.
A GUIDE & WORKBOOK FOR SMALL AND BOUTIQUE LAW FIRMS
Your firm is busy.
But is it working?
You know how to practise law. The harder question is what happens to the firm while you’re doing it.
Follow the work, use your own numbers, find what’s holding you back and build a practical plan for the firm you actually run.
Checkout is coming soon. The book is in development; the release list is open now.
SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING.FIX WHAT’S HOLDING YOU BACK.BUILD A PLAN THAT FITS YOUR FIRM.
THE POINT OF THIS BOOK
More leads. More staff. More tools.
Still too much on you?
When the business side of the firm is hard to see, every new solution arrives on top of the same old problems. A lead gets an uneven response. A handoff needs rescuing. A matter gets done, but the owner has no time to ask whether the work paid.
Before you spend more to move faster, you need a clear picture of where the firm stands. This book gives you a way to get it, one part of the firm at a time.
WHAT YOU'RE GETTING
A book you work through. A plan you can use.
The book takes you through the business behind the legal work. Its companion workbook holds what you find in your own firm, so the final plan is built from evidence you can point to.
- 11 chapters, including the final operational plan
- A 31-tab companion workbook for your answers and numbers
- Exercises that help you choose, assign and measure the changes
Pricing and checkout will be announced when the book is ready.
BOOK + COMPANION WORKBOOK
Read a little. Find out a lot.
This is a guided firm assessment. The book explains the questions and decisions. The workbook holds your actual answers, numbers, priorities and weekly progress.
Find what needs attention.
Separate symptoms from the problems behind them. Choose the changes that matter to your firm, with your own evidence in front of you.
Leave with a plan.
Bring the findings together in the final chapter: what changes, who owns it, what you will measure and what you will review next.
A WORKBOOK YOU ACTUALLY USE
It should look like your firm by the time you finish.
You’ll put real information into the companion workbook as you work through the chapters. It becomes a record of how things happen today, where work slows or disappears, what needs to change first and whether those changes are sticking.
You can start without clearing your calendar for a retreat. Work through one exercise at a time and come back to the parts that need a deeper look.
THE WORK YOU’LL LEAVE WITH
- A clearer view of daily operations
- Your numbers and observations in one place
- Priorities chosen from your own findings
- An operational plan you can review and measure
Built from your firm’s reality. Useful long after the last page.
WHAT CHANGES BY THE END
You'll be able to point to what happens next.
What is actually happening
A clearer account of how enquiries, work, money and responsibilities move through your firm.
What deserves attention first
Priorities chosen from your own numbers and observations, with the costly friction made visible.
Who does what, and how you’ll know
An operational plan with owners, actions and measures you can revisit week by week.
FROM BIANCA
I want you to finally see what your firm needs.
I’ve seen owners invest in leads, tools, hires and advice, then struggle to say what changed inside the business. When you’re also practising law, there’s little time to step back and follow the work from one end to the other.
I wrote this as the guided working session I would take you through: the questions to ask, the numbers to check, the decisions to make. You bring the truth of your firm. By the end, you can point to what happens, what needs fixing and how you’ll know the fix worked.
And if you want me beside you to cement the plan or build the technology around it, that conversation can come next. The book gives you a place to start yourself.
— Bianca Van NelsonBEFORE YOU BEGIN
A few practical answers.
Is this for a new firm?
It is designed for owners with a firm already operating, even if it has only been running for months. You need real work and numbers to examine.
Do I need to be good with spreadsheets?
No. The exercises are there to help you record what happens and make decisions. The aim is clarity, not spreadsheet expertise.
Is this an AI or automation manual?
The book helps you understand the operation first. Then you can decide where people, process and technology will genuinely help.
Can I buy it today?
The book is in development. Join the release list and I’ll let you know when it is available.
WANT A PARTNER IN THE WORK?
Take what you uncover further.
If you want me to work through the findings with you, shape the operational plan or build technology around the way your firm works, we can talk about that directly.
THE LAW FIRM YOU ACTUALLY RUN
Start with a clearer picture.
Build what comes next.
Want to know when the book and companion workbook are ready? Join the release list and I’ll let you know.