Posted In: Business Development, Organizational Structure
By Silvia L. Coulter on March 19, 2019
Firms are leaner than ever. After having gone through several years of cost-cutting and layoffs, firms are operationally strong and beginning to hire
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: Business Development, Leadership Support & Development, Organizational Structure
By Silvia L. Coulter on February 23, 2018
Time to take some pressure off the partners. Law firms are woefully behind every other professional services business to hire sales people. A
Posted In: Leadership Support & Development, Organizational Structure, Strategic Planning
By Michael D. Short on October 27, 2017
Many law firm leadership teams are making key decisions today that will determine the long-term success or failure of their firms. The current
Posted In: Culture & Diversity, Organizational Structure, Talent Strategy
By Michael D. Short on September 5, 2017
In my last blog I posed a simple question – is your firm’s culture putting your firm at risk? My thoughts at that
Posted In: Leadership Support & Development, Organizational Structure, Talent Strategy
By LawVision on December 1, 2016
In my most recent blog, The Art of Succession Planning – Thoughts on How to Start, I shared tips gleaned from observing a
Posted In: Business Development, Organizational Structure, Talent Strategy
By Michael D. Short on November 28, 2016
In July, I wrote a blog entitled Who Will Be the Owners of Law Firms in the Future. My goal at that time
Posted In: Business Development, Organizational Structure, Research, Intelligence & Data Science
By LawVision on November 21, 2016
Outsourcing a law firm’s back office functions like Finance or Information Technology (IT) certainly isn’t a new concept. However, as law firm leaders
Posted In: Leadership Support & Development, Organizational Structure, Strategic Planning
By Joseph B. Altonji on November 18, 2016
A few weeks ago, while facilitating an All-Lawyer retreat, I had an interesting ah-hah moment. This was an unusual retreat. In the course
Posted In: Culture & Diversity, Organizational Structure, Talent Strategy
By Silvia L. Coulter on September 21, 2016
Millennials, Gen-Xers, Baby Boomers, Silent Generation, etc. Much has been written and I dare say speculated about why things are not working well