Collective Impact!

     Several of us here at the office were meeting with some clients at the end of a long case. It got us thinking about our previous article on teamwork, and just what does that really mean. I reread the article and parts of it seemed to need further discussion. So I thought I would spend a few moments to discussing what I will call our "Collective Impact."

(Photo from the 2007 L & D Family Cookout)

     Remember, we of course are a law firm, and lawyers have egos. So, working well together may not always seem like the easiest thing to do. It seems more and more rare these days to have a group of folks who can put their own egos aside in order to better achieve a collective result. Don’t get me wrong, we have plenty of egos around here. But, it is admirable that our folks seem to be able to put that aside when needed in order to best serve our clients.

     When speaking of collective impact we refer to a number of different areas including collective work effort, collective intelligence, collective integrity, and collective results. We believe that one of the areas in which we excel is our combining of talents to be better in these areas than any of us could be alone.

     Collective effort encompasses all of the things we do together as a team to make the office work and flow efficiently. This includes case work, client services, and general office workings and responsibilities. It is simply amazing all of the little things that get done around the office by, what I believe, is the best administrative support staff around.

     Collective intelligence is all of us coming together with unique abilities and knowledge and combining them in a way that best solves problems for and ultimately serves our clients. Areas of knowledge would include investigation, clients services, medical information, insurance issues, negotiation, medical accounts management, processing, strategy, litigation, and firm management. Whew, there is a lot to know here!

     Collective integrity is sort of a hallmark of our firm. Mike Lewis "preached" to me from day one that we do what is ethically, legally and morally right to advocate for our clients, and instilled the deep belief in that character and honor in our firm. We are proud of that.

     Collective results refers to our philosophy of comradery in working together to obtain results. This encompasses the combination of all of the above traits in order to make us as good as we can be. Obviously this is something we have to consciously continue to work on daily.

     Lastly, we have a passion for what we do and have fun doing it. We work hard and admittedly have some tough days, but we are always on the same team, work together, and try to do the best we can. We trust this commitment to each other becomes evident in our work and serving our clients.