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Posted In: Strategic Planning, Talent Strategy

The Invisible Impediment: Is Your Firm’s Culture Holding You Back?

Peter Drucker said it best. “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” In our rapidly evolving industry the need for and attention to firm-wide strategy

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Posted In: Business Development

The 7 Worst Ways to Motivate a Lawyer to Engage in Business Development

If you really want to get someone to do something, you need to give him/her a reason—a gun to the face, a bonus

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Posted In: Assessments, Culture & Diversity, Strategic Planning

Myopia, Innovation and Evolution: The Role of CI and Think Tanks in Tomorrow’s Law Firm

The term navel-gazing is one that surfaces frequently as law firm leaders speak (at times with nostalgia) about the days of yore. For

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Posted In: Business Development

Law Firm Business Development: What Do You Mean by “Marketing”?

The vast majority of our clients devote a certain amount of non-billable time to “Marketing.” The amount of hours vary from firm-to-firm, but

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Posted In: Assessments, Talent Strategy

Small Firm vs. Large Firm Associate Satisfaction: Is There a Difference?

Midlevel associates at large law firms are happier than they have been in more than a decade,  according to American Lawyer’s recent Midlevel

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Posted In: Assessments, Strategic Planning, Talent Strategy

Finding Success in the Space: Why Lower Utilization Could Be a Turning Point for Law Firms

For decades, law firms have relied on a combination of financial and operational metrics as proxies for profitability. Realization rates, utilization and leverage

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Posted In: Business Development

Seven Nice Ways Your Prospects Say “No, Thank You” and What to Do about It

Ask any nine-year-old kid what it means when his mother says “I’ll think about it.” He knows what it means—it means no. As

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Posted In: Strategic Planning, Talent Strategy

“Rational” Performance Reviews and a High Performance Culture: Observations on the K&L Gates Partner Departures

In recent weeks much attention has been focused on the 90 partners who left K&L Gates in the last seven months. As the

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Posted In: Assessments, Business Development, Strategic Planning, Talent Strategy

Law Firm Business Development: Marketing Audits vs Go-To-Market Assessments

It’s interesting how things come in waves in this industry. For a period, we were swamped with client feedback requests, then it was

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Posted In: Business Development, Culture & Diversity, Strategic Planning

Trust Your Gut and Other Unconventional Wisdom for Law Firm Leaders

Two years ago I had the good fortune to experience a transformational moment in my life. At a remote location in the heart

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