Quality or quantity: Which is more critical to growth in your business work? Profits can be increased by adding new clients and taking on more matters. It can be tempting to improve the work volume. High-quality work is essential for any company’s growth. High-quality, consistent work that is expected and exceptional can build trust and lead to more business from existing clients and referrals to new clients. Can you improve the quality of work performed by your firm? Yes. Here are some areas that will enhance the quality and value of your work.

Standardize processes

Your firm’s majority of work has already been done. Clients love it that way. Clients want to know that their needs are familiar to your firm and that you have had success with similar cases. Standard practices are a good idea when dealing with a new topic.

Is your team re-creating the wheel for every client project? Most likely not. You would unlikely want to create a contract from scratch when existing agreements are available for reference. Standardizing your company’s practices and using tools such as Practical Law to develop checklists and templates can help you ensure that high-quality work is done quickly.

A review process, with the assistance of a consultant, can identify areas that could be automated and free up time to focus on more talent-intensive work areas.

Give time and space.

Time. It is one of the essential concepts in a professional lawyer’s life. Writing downs can be detrimental to your success. It is necessary to do thorough legal research. However, rabbit holes can eat away at your time. It is possible to be productive while focusing on your research.

Space is important, so remember it. Do you find yourself doing research after hours on your couch while the TV is on? There are better environments for producing high-quality work. You can have your best outcome whether working in an office or remotely.

Measure quality

Marc Effron, a talent consultant at Wharton School, said that setting goals is crucial to achieving better work performance. “The no. Setting smaller, more important goals is the most powerful factor. This is a science-based approach that has incredible scientific support .”

Effron recommends that you have at most three goals. Essential to these goals is the fact that they are SMART goals. This means that they can be measured. You can use these metrics to measure quality:

• Accuracy: How many errors do you have in your work?
• Thoroughness- Does your career need additional attention after it is ‘complete?
• Competence – Was the work result successful?

You’ll be able to track progress and identify when you have succeeded by attaching metrics to your goals. Management wisdom says that “what gets measured gets managed.” Your firm’s performance could improve if you have specific quality-improvement goals and metrics to support them.