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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: 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: 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: 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: 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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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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The $200,000 Mistake Law Firm Leaders Can’t Afford to Make

If preventable errors lead to $200,000 worth of technology equipment disappearing from a law firm, dire consequences would ensue.  At a bare minimum,

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Fortune 100 General Counsel Recommended Reading: Examining the Relationship between Leverage and Lawyer Satisfaction

When the General Counsel of a Fortune 100 company recommends a book to me, I listen.  Accordingly, when DuPont General Counsel Tom Sager

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