Posted In: Assessments, Benchmarking Research, Business Development, Compensation & Performance, Pricing Strategy, Profitability, Research, Intelligence & Data Science, Strategic Planning, Succession Planning, Talent Strategy, Team Performance
By Mark Medice on June 11, 2019
Mark Twain is often reputed to have stated that “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” This phrase comes to mind when
Posted In: Compensation & Performance, Organizational Structure, Practice Group Management
By Susan Raridon Lambreth on September 18, 2018
I recently got a call from a firm that wanted to talk about changing their practice management structure. They had questions about how
Posted In: Compensation & Performance, Culture & Diversity, Strategic Planning
By Michael D. Short on September 7, 2018
In the course of our law firm Partner Compensation System work, we have seen many law firms that allow fee origination credits to
Posted In: Client Service, Compensation & Performance, Leadership Support & Development, Strategic Planning
By Joseph B. Altonji on August 9, 2017
It’s hard to believe the inflection point that marked the beginning of so much change in the legal world occurred ten years ago
Posted In: Compensation & Performance, Leadership Support & Development, Strategic Planning
By Michael D. Short on May 5, 2017
There are many positive aspects to prospective law firm Partner compensation systems but they have one glaring weakness that many law firm leaders
Posted In: Client Service, Compensation & Performance, Culture & Diversity, Legal Project Management, Strategic Planning, Talent Strategy
By Michael D. Short on December 29, 2015
Success often comes in a series of small steps…not one huge leap. Too many law firm partnerships try to address too many challenges
Posted In: Compensation & Performance, Strategic Planning
By Joseph B. Altonji on December 11, 2015
In my last two posts, “The Perils of Law Firm Profitability… And Thoughts on Best Practices,” and its follow-up, “Second Thoughts,” I discussed
Posted In: Compensation & Performance
By Joseph B. Altonji on November 20, 2015
In my last post, The Perils of Law Firm Profitability… and Thoughts on Best Practice, I commented that “the profit of the law
Posted In: Compensation & Performance, Culture & Diversity, Strategic Planning
By Michael D. Short on June 17, 2015
Last month, I revisited an earlier series of blogs on the elusive goal of “teamwork” with a focus on why so many firms
Posted In: Compensation & Performance, Culture & Diversity, Strategic Planning, Talent Strategy
By Michael D. Short on May 14, 2015
In 2013 we focused much of our research time on Partner Compensation Systems, with particular emphasis on incentivizing teamwork – a goal that