Episode 91: Do You Need a Time Audit?

In this episode of the Paralegals on Fire! Podcast Show, Ann Pearson answers questions from legal professionals facing challenges with overwhelm and gives advice to help them maximize their time and deal with the stress through performing a time audit. If you’re feeling the same way, this episode is for you!

Show Highlights Include:

  • How to address overwhelm when supporting multiple attorneys and managing various tasks 
  • Collecting data to analyze your workday  
  • Presenting the data to your boss
  • Maximizing your productivity to see results 

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Your Actionable Strategy

  1. Perform a time audit and time track all your activities for a week.
  2. Analyze the data and prioritize the tasks in your workday to be more efficient.
  3. Use the data to present to your superiors what your spending time on and how reallocation of certain tasks can enhance the client experience and support growth in the firm.
  4. Streamline your processes and increase productivity by time-blocking your day.

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Meet the Podcast Host

Ann Pearson is the Founder of Paralegal Boot Camp and the host of this podcast show to give paralegals the insights, tips, and strategies to fast-track their paralegal careers.

As a former paralegal and paralegal manager, Ann gives her insights from different perspective so that you can advance your paralegal career and bypass some of the learning curve.

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Did you get a tip from today’s episode to help you fast-track your paralegal career?

Click here to Give the show a review, and let me know what you enjoy most about the Paralegals on Fire! Podcast Show. I’ll be reading every one of them! –Ann Pearson

 

A Paralegal Resource For You

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Your Actionable Strategy

  1. Perform a time audit and time track all your activities for a week.
  2. Analyze the data and prioritize the tasks in your workday to be more efficient.
  3. Use the data to present to your superiors what your spending time on and how reallocation of certain tasks can enhance the client experience and support growth in the firm.
  4. Streamline your processes and increase productivity by time-blocking your day.

Ann Pearson poses with a computer and a microphone on her desk as she sets to present the paralegal podcast.

Meet the Podcast Host

Ann Pearson is the Founder of Paralegal Boot Camp and the host of this podcast show to give paralegals the insights, tips, and strategies to fast-track their paralegal careers.

As a former paralegal and paralegal manager, Ann gives her insights from different perspective so that you can advance your paralegal career and bypass some of the learning curve.

Want to be the first to know when the next podcast episode is released?

Get added to our podcast mailing list here.

Support the Paralegals on Fire! Podcast Show

Did you get a tip from today’s episode to help you fast-track your paralegal career?

Click here to Give the show a review, and let me know what you enjoy most about the Paralegals on Fire! Podcast Show. I’ll be reading every one of them! –Ann Pearson

 

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