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Posted In: Business Development

Getting Commitment: Start Small, and Build

Psychologists interviewing POWs after the Korean War discovered that U.S. prisoners held in Chinese camps were much more likely than their counterparts in

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Posted In: Strategic Planning, Talent Strategy

Should You Slash Your Summer Associate Program? Quinn Emanuel Thought So.

Once a reliable pipeline for top rising legal talent, summer associate programs are coming under increasing scrutiny, with powerhouse litigation firm Quinn Emanuel

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Posted In: Business Development

Law Firm Business Development: Make The Most Out Of Informal Interaction

Well, the warmth has finally arrived here in New England this 4th of July weekend. Seriously. The high temperature last Sunday in Boston

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Posted In: Culture & Diversity, Strategic Planning, Talent Strategy

Micro-Hiring: An Emerging Trend in Law Firm Selection and What It Means for Your Firm

A new trend is emerging in how corporate clients select and hire law firms. Micro-hiring, or the selection of an individual or small

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Posted In: Strategic Planning, Talent Strategy

Four Scalability Trends Impacting Law Firm Staffing Ratios: How Do You Compare?

Writing for Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute, I recently augmented the findings of Peer Monitor’s 2015 Staffing Ratio Survey by highlighting four scalability

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Posted In: Talent Strategy

A Parallel Universe: 3 Best Practices in Corporate Talent Strategy

Law firms have often been pegged as slow to change, resistant to embrace new ideas and hesitant to adopt new approaches. The intensifying

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Posted In: Business Development

Understanding your Client’s Business: 7 Questions to Start the Process

I continue to hear from third party sources and even from our client’s clients through feedback engagements, that clients expect outside legal counsel

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Posted In: Assessments, Culture & Diversity, Strategic Planning

Strategy or Luck – and Does It Matter in the Long-Run

In recent weeks, we have been researching and discussing the growth trajectories of 25 law firms whose increases in revenue and profits per

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Posted In: Business Development

Generating New Ideas for Staying Top-of-Mind with Clients and Key Prospects

You say cola, I say Coke. You say lip balm, I say Chapstik. You say tape, I say Scotch. It’s easy, automatic, almost

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Posted In: Talent Strategy

Engaging & Listening to the Voice of Your Firm’s Future Leaders

I recently celebrated a huge milestone for my family: My daughter’s first birthday. In a year that flew by at the speed of

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