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Author Archive : Joseph Altonji

Posted In: Culture & Diversity, Legal Process Improvement

Simple is better……

Things should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. Albert Einstein I am frequently reminded of Albert Einstein’s wise counsel when

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Posted In: Strategic Planning

Rites of Spring… Cleanup and Rejuvenation

Spring is here.  The first quarter is over.  And while we haven’t yet seen first quarter numbers it’s clear that they will reflect

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Posted In: Culture & Diversity, Strategic Planning

Why Can’t We Do Both?

Four hours into a recent, heated session with the Strategy Committee of a thoughtful mid-size firm, I was pointedly reminded of the primary

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Posted In: Leadership Support & Development

Lessons for Lawyers from the Super Bowl: Leadership is Fragile

Like virtually everyone else at the Super Bowl party I attended Sunday evening (in Chicago), I didn’t have a favorite in the game

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Posted In: Culture & Diversity, Practice Group Management, Strategic Planning, Talent Strategy

New Year’s Resolutions for Managing Partners

It’s January, and we’ve turned the corner on another year in the business of law.  We are another year into the “new normal”

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Posted In: Culture & Diversity, Strategic Planning

Is your firm facing its own “Fiscal Cliff”?

Reading a recent Wall Street Journal article on the implications of the impending “Fiscal Cliff” facing our country left me thinking about two very

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Posted In: Culture & Diversity

Strategic Change is Hard….

In reading an excellent recent book on leadership, The Next IQ by Arin Reeves of Nextions, I was reminded of an old quote

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Posted In: Strategic Planning

Law Firm Strategy: We’re Not Going Back Again…..

We are now five years into the “new normal” for the legal industry.  Five years since the credit shocks of August 2007 issued

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