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Posted In: Culture & Diversity, Talent Strategy

Avoiding an Information Vacuum: How Law Firm Leaders Can Mitigate Negativity During a Downsizing

I recently authored an article for the March issue of the Association of Legal Administrators publication Legal Management entitled “Hope for the Best but

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Posted In: Business Development

Law Firm Business Development: What Is Winning?

The Winter Olympic games are over and, aside from a few disappointments, the United States faired pretty well as measured by the overall

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Posted In: Practice Group Management, Strategic Planning

Patterns in Planning

I like patterns.  They provide some level of predictability and knowledge of what might come next.  We derive a level of comfort from

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Posted In: Business Development

Stop Being a Sherpa and Start Being a Guide: How to Build Coaching Programs that Motivate your Lawyers to Sell

Last month I sat on a panel at the Marketing Partner Forum in Naples, Florida with my colleague Silvia Coulter and Steve Bell,

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Posted In: Legal Process Improvement

Are You Willing to Change?

Last month my colleague, Jessa Baker, quoted Greek philosopher Heraclitus – “Change is the only constant in life.”  Jessa went on to write

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Posted In: Business Development

What’s APP?

Bracewell & Giuliani recently announced a Fracking App called Shale Play. It’s one of the most creative value propositions I’ve seen in a

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Posted In: Strategic Planning

2014 – The Year to Try Something Different

The early returns on 2013, including public numbers, such as those from Citigroup, Peer Monitor, and private results, all point toward the continuation

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Posted In: Assessments, Business Development, Strategic Planning

Leading in Times of Change: 4 Lessons Law Firms Can Learn from Jeff Bezos

Amazon released the Kindle – a dedicated e-reader – on November 19, 2007. It sold out in 5 hours. By late 2010, e-book

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Posted In: Business Development

Law Firm Marketing: Business Development is Relationship Development

Since business development is more of an art than a science, few rules exist that apply in all business development scenarios. Some rules

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Posted In: Talent Strategy

The Only Constant is Change: Are Your Staffing Models Adapting?

Famous for his insistence on ever-present change in the universe, pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus is most well-known for his quotation “Change is the

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