Leadership

Create Safety and Equality for All Your Employees, Not a Hierarchy. Originally published on Thrive Global, June 25, 2020 Six years ago, when my partner and I founded Pacific Workers’, The Lawyers for Injured Workers, we saw a revolving door of our non-lawyers. We realized that in order to grow our firm, we would need

It has been more than three months since we sent everybody at our company to work from home. We are all aware of the crises before us. Millions of job losses, a global health crisis and intense political division. In short… it certainly feels like chaos has arrived.

However, during this time, our company has grown. We have hired 10 people, retained more than 250 new clients, opened 2 additional offices and paid bonuses to every person in our company.

The old business saying goes, “You should leave your personal life at the door.” In any company that values its people, however, that suggestion is ridiculous. Business is personal. After all, what is more personal than the work you commit yourself to every day?

Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher said “Character is Destiny”. How you act now will be remembered for a long time and will shape your company into the future. Your team is looking to you to lead them through this crisis. Anything less is undeserving of them following you anywhere.