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Posted In: Business Development

Turn One-Off Calls into Long-Term Client Relationships

Recently a client of mine called with a not-uncommon problem.  The conversation went something like this. I have several clients who call me

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

Overcoming Strategic Inertia

Over many years of working in the legal industry, I have often been struck by the stark differences between firms that seem to

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Posted In: Culture & Diversity, Legal Process Improvement, Strategic Planning, Talent Strategy

Promoting a Culture of Efficiency via Law Firm Talent Strategy

In her most recent LawVision Insights blog, Carla Landry addressed the excellent question of whether “Being efficient means your work becomes a commodity.” 

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Posted In: Culture & Diversity

Selling Internally at Your Law Firm—Keys to Success

A recent Yahoo posting reminded me of something  we often discuss with our individual sales coaching clients – the need for what is

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

Succession Planning – Breaking Through the Force of Inertia

I led a webinar on succession planning around key client relationships last week.  The key themes from my presentation were focused on the

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Posted In: Business Development

Law Firm Business Development: With The Heat Comes Relief

It’s been unbelievablely hot across North America this summer, hasn’t it? Wait a minute. I think we say that every summer. Anyway, I

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Posted In: Business Development

3 Ways to Improve Your Email Outreach!

In discussing business development, I’m often asked, “how do I know if people are actually reading my emails?”  To me, the more appropriate

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Posted In: Legal Process Improvement, Strategic Planning, Talent Strategy

Does Being Efficient Mean Your Work Becomes a Commodity?

Contributing author: Jessa Baker For several months, I have addressed some of the reasons why Legal Process Improvement (LPI) has been slow to

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

Coming to Grips with “Average” – The Strategic Challenge for (Most) Law Firms

Over the weekend I had the good fortune of attending college orientation with my youngest son, who is entering one of the premier

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Posted In: Business Development, Culture & Diversity

How do you add value? Take a lesson from the nation’s premiere negotiators

“Adding value” is an often stated quoted but rarely defined phrase used to describe that element added to a professional relationship that creates

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