Show Notes
Kevin Daisey, the host of the Managing Partners podcast and founder of Array Digital, welcomed Sarah Tetlow to the show. Sarah is a productivity strategist and consultant and the founder of Firm Focus, which specializes in helping lawyers and legal professionals with time, project, task, attention, and email management. She and Kevin had met at the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) statewide conference. Sarah explained her system ART (A-R-T-T), which helps lawyers and other professionals with email management. She also shared that she had worked in law firms for 15 years before deciding to create Firm Focus to help more lawyers than just the ones she had been working with. They discussed how email can take up too much of our time, and Kevin asked Sarah to share more about her background.
Sarah is from the San Francisco Bay Area and is married with two children (ages 8 and 9.5). She is very organized and has a good sense of time management, demonstrated by an anecdote about buying an expandable file and scheduling bills when they were going to study abroad in Russia. They wrote out the checks, sealed them in envelopes, and wrote notes for themselves to do things like water the plants. The speaker was able to plan out their bills for the entire period they were gone. They also have certifications in project management.
Kevin and Sarah discussed the importance of organization and planning in business. Sarah shared a personal story of how she has been organized since a young age, when she created a system to organize her mail. She has since used this skill and other organizational techniques to help others create processes, systems, and streamline tasks. Kevin added that staying organized makes life much easier and brings peace and joy. The speaker cautioned against fake coaches and consultants who have never actually done what they teach, and instead only learn things to make YouTube videos.
Sarah talks about their offerings under the firm Focus umbrella, which includes speaking, training, presentations, coaching, and team coaching. Under speaking and training, they offer programs like From Frazzle to Focus, Stop Welcoming Distractions, and Learn to Do More by Doing Less. Under coaching, they offer one-on-one private coaching and team coaching, with a three month starter plan. They also offer a 30 minute, no pressure discovery call to anyone who wants to learn more.