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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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Posted In: Culture & Diversity, Talent Strategy

Maintaining Morale at High Functioning Law Firms: The Five C’s

I celebrate my wedding anniversary this month, and recently recalled words of wisdom passed along by my pastor on our wedding day.  In

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Posted In: Business Development, Culture & Diversity

Law Firm Leadership—Lessons from a Winning Team

I recently had the pleasure of hearing Boston Celtics President Rich Gotham speak to a group of law firm business development and sales

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

Law Ain’t what it Used to Be…

Yogi Berra once famously remarked, “The future ain’t what it used to be.”  I couldn’t help but be reminded of that remark yesterday,

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Posted In: Culture & Diversity, Talent Strategy

By the Numbers: Does Your Law Firm Measure Up to a “Gold” Standard?

I like metrics.  Perhaps that’s why I find the recently released Women in Law Empowerment Forum’s  2013 Gold Standard Certification especially interesting and

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Posted In: Culture & Diversity

Passion + Focus = Success in Life and Law

Over the Memorial Day weekend, I had the honor of playing golf with two veterans of the Iraq war, in a charity tournament

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Posted In: Culture & Diversity, Talent Strategy

Redefining “Nice” at Law Firms: The Interplay between Culture and Tenured Partner Underperformance

During our most recent LawVision Managing Partner Roundtable, a topic of common concern resurfaced, albeit this time with a slightly different spin.  Although

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Posted In: Business Development, Culture & Diversity

Law Firm Growth

Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s May 6 issue focuses on “Big Law’s” need to wake up and build strong leadership citing the demise of some impressive

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Posted In: Culture & Diversity, Legal Process Improvement

Simple is better……

Things should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. Albert Einstein I am frequently reminded of Albert Einstein’s wise counsel when

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Posted In: Culture & Diversity, Strategic Planning

Why Can’t We Do Both?

Four hours into a recent, heated session with the Strategy Committee of a thoughtful mid-size firm, I was pointedly reminded of the primary

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