Tips on Hiring & Working with Lawyer

Lawyer can be expensive, time-consuming, and draining your nerves and energy. Here are five tips to consider when hiring a lawyer for your organization. 

- Consider multiple lawyers before hiring one. Find out if the lawyer did handle the case similar to yours in the past. 

- Check out the attorney's client-ratings (in the places like LegalMatch or your state bar association)  

- For cost, find out about "Off the top" or "after all expenses are counted." Check how often you will be billed and the estimation from lawyer on resolving the issue. Also prepare the max amount that you want to pay for the legal matter. 

- Tell lawyer everything up front. Given that the lawyer maintains the confidentiality, the best way not to waste your money is to tell everything you know from the very beginning. 

- Evaluate the lawyer through platforms like LegalMatch on the lawyer's service. When the case is over, if you were treated without care and respect, you want to help others in their searches. 

Simple Steps to Make Good Proposal

If you work in an environment where funds are limited and resources lack, making a good proposal for your program is a crucial factor. 

Below are the five simple steps to follow in making any successful proposals. 

1. Define the project by stating the problem or needs and by offering solutions with reseaches

2. Timeline of Project

3. Methods and action steps to get there 

4. Which criteria to evaluate the success and efficiency of project

5. Resoures needed including budget, staffing and specifics per options

Questions for Christ-like Leaders

If you are in a leadership position in any ministries fields that are setting goals, here are a few valuable questions to ask ourselves: 

Are you more interested in controlling people, or in supporting them to achieve their goals? Servant leadership might mean the letting go of your micro-managing, putting faith in your staff, and allowing God to lead.

Do you lead as you set yourself as an example? Have you done yourself what you are asking others? Like Jesus has shown to his disciples, Christ-like leaders demonstrate what is possible by their own examples. Rather than using worldly measures to set goals and evaluate others, instead he carries his own cross and encourage others to do the same. 

Are you leading by praying and meditating on God's Word as important parts of your life? To make a God-honoring decision and discernment, devoting ourselves in high standard of praying and reading God's Word are essential? Do you practice your leadership in prayer and personal devotions? 

Five Steps to Prepare A Great Meeting

How to prepare a meeting that sounds so boring and stressful? Here is my favorite checklist when I invite staffs to any kinds of meetings that I hold:

1. Arrive to the meeting room earlier ahead of the start time, make sure having enough chairs, readying tech equipments, and with good temperature.  

2. Meeting attendees are greeted and naturally introduced to initial conversations. 

3. Agenda with time budget and the result of the meeting need to be prescribed and circulated to all participants at least 12 hours ahead of the meeting time. 

4. Clear action steps should come out after the meeting. 

5. Prayer began and concluded the meeting, preferably ending earlier than the planned schedule.