LawVision INSIGHTS Blog

Posted In: Legal Process Improvement, Legal Project Management, Practice Group Management, Strategic Planning, Talent Strategy

It’s Time to Spend Money to Make Money

Whenever the growth in demand for legal services slows (and it cannot get much slower than right now), we hear from many law

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Posted In: Business Development

Law Firm Business Development: “Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty”

Although Harvey Mackay’s bestselling book by the same name focuses on networking, I submit that each of us take the notion of “digging

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

Wait … Who Gets to Define Value? Understanding the Need for Efficiency

My colleague, Jessa Baker, and I have discussed promoting a culture of efficiency in our last few blogs.  In Jessa’s most recent blog,

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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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