Jan 22, 2024
Reflecting on the biggest challenges facing SME firm owners in
Western Australia, Nicola Watts says that leaders have to be
consistently engaging with their staff to not only attract and
retain top talent but also to better understand and appreciate
evolving attitudes to career trajectory for those coming through
the ranks.
In this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy
speaks with O’Sullivan Davies principal Nicola Watts on practising
family law in different Australian jurisdictions and navigating the
idiosyncrasies, the opportunities to tailor one’s practice that
emerge from such differences, the headline issues and challenges
she’s seeing for practitioners out west, and why these are so
significant.
Ms Watts also reflects on hurdles being faced regarding talent
attraction and retention, the need for shifting mindsets from
business owners, engaging in regular conversations with staff about
what changes are needed, practice-specific challenges she’s
anticipating in 2024, doing one’s best to keep ahead of market
trends, opportunities for business owners in the new year, and why
firms cannot simply rely on their reputations amid changing
vocational attitudes.
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