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Sometimes in a work environment, there simply isn’t enough work available to truly challenge our employees. <a href="https://www.lawcrossing.com/article/900051073/Tips-for-Getting-Hired-at-a-Law-Firm/">This isn’t to say they should be fired for not having enough work; but instead, their work responsibilities should be rethought and reconfigured to make them more viable team members.</a><br />
 
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><u><a name="01"></a>7 Reasons Why Employees Don’t Work and What You Can Do About It</u></strong></div>
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This article outlines the growing problem of worker inefficiency within the work place.<br />
<a href="https://businesstown.com/7-reasons-why-employees-dont-work-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/" rel="nofollow">Go here to read the full article.</a><br />
 
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<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/11/05/ten-reasons-your-employees-dont-care/#7a14489f2369" rel="nofollow">Go here to read the full article.</a><br />
 
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><u><a name="03"></a>11 Tips for Talking About Poor Performance</u></strong></div>
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Believe it or not, your communications skills may be the barrier between your employees doing well at their jobs or not. This article provides 11 tips you can utilize to turn poor employee performances into great performances.<br />
<a href="https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/0416/pages/11-tips-for-talking-about-poor-performance.aspx" rel="nofollow">Go here to read the full article.</a><br />
 
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><u><a name="04"></a>What to Do When a Team Member Isn&#39;t Pulling Their Weight</u></strong></div>
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An employee who doesn’t pull their weight can be a detriment to an entire workforce. Read this article to gain advice as to the best way to deal with employees who don’t pull their weight.<br />
<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffboss/2016/11/06/what-to-do-when-a-team-member-isnt-pulling-their-weight/#373c0a987887" rel="nofollow">Go here to read the full article.</a><br />
 
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<a href="https://www.lawcrossing.com/article/900051248/The-Five-Reasons-Law-Firms-Do-Not-Hire-You-After-an-Interview/">Even law firms have issues of underperforming employees/attorneys in their office.</a> Through this article, see how you as a managing partner can bring up the performance of sub-performing attorneys in your firm.<br />
<a href="https://biglawbusiness.com/managing-partners-say-their-lawyers-are-underperforming-and-slow-to-change/" rel="nofollow">Go here to read the full article.</a><br />
 
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><u><a name="06"></a>Are Lawyers Horrible Bosses?</u></strong></div>
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Law firms aren’t known for treating their employees, particularly their new associates with fairness. Thus the question is asked and answered in this article: do lawyers make moral and upright bosses, or horrible bosses? In some cases yes, in others not so much.<br />
<a href="http://lawfirmsuites.com/2014/09/lawyers-horrible-bosses/" rel="nofollow">Go here to read the full article.</a></p>
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