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DIY
“Why couldn’t we just do this ourselves?” My colleagues and I at Walker Clark LLC are frequently asked this question when we submit a consulting proposal to a prospective client. Our answer usually is something like: “You haven’t done it … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, DIY, do it yourself, investment, partners, planning, small law firms
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Survival skills: preparing the next generation of leaders
Your firm might have a great team of partners and a strong record of success, but all of that could evaporate in as little as ten years. This is the seventh of a series of posts about eight business skills … Continue reading
Posted in law firms, leadership, partners, planning, Uncategorized
Tagged 2013, Chambers and Partners, clients, family firm, generations, law firms, leadership, marketing, midsize law firms, partners, partnership, partnership agreement, planning, rainmakers, risk, small law firms, succession
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Survival skills: competing for legal talent
Is your firm losing the competition to recruit and retain the best legal talent in your market? This is the sixth of a series of posts about eight business skills that will be essential for the continued success of most … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, compensation, competition, decision making, emerging economies, Europe, foreign firms, large law firms, Latin America, law firms, opportunity, partners, recruiting, retention, risk, skills, small law firms, survival, United Kingdom
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Survival skills: rethinking the role of law firm partners
This is the fourth of a series of posts about eight business skills that will be essential for the continued success of most law firms in 2013 and beyond. Designing and managing alternative fee agreements to remain competitive and profitable Strengthening … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, associates, change, clients, competition, delegation, emerging economies, fees, large law firms, law firms, marketing, partners, rainmakers, skills, small law firms, survival skills
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8 survival skills for 2013… and beyond
This is the first of a series of nine posts that highlight management skills that law firms will need to ensure sustained financial performance through the rest of this decade. We call them survival skills for 2013 because firms that do not … Continue reading
Posted in associates, finance, law firms, leadership, marketing, partners, planning, profitability, strategy
Tagged 2013, associates, business plans, change, change management, clients, competition, decision making, fees, finance, foreign firms, investment, large law firms, law firms, mid-size law firms, partners, planning, productivity, profitability, profits, quality, risk, small law firms, strategy, succession
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After the Gold Rush II: practice group staffing and workflow
This is the second of three posts under the title of After the Gold Rush. Today’s post outlines three post-merger issues that: Are the natural and almost inevitable result of combining two or more practice groups in a merged firm … Continue reading
Posted in mergers, planning, practice groups, profitability, strategy
Tagged change, change management, mergers, midsize firms, planning, practice groups, productivity, profitability, small law firms, strategy
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The duty to speak up
What do airlines and successful law firms have in commong? An article by Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein posted today on Bloomberg web site provides one interesting answer: When people think that something is going wrong, they speak up. The article … Continue reading
Posted in law firms, leadership, mental health, professional responsibility
Tagged airlines, crisis, culture, large law firms, partners, professional responsibility, small law firms, United States, whistle blowers
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Social media, search engine optimization, and sophisticated clients
There has been a lot of buzz recently in the legal marketing sector about Google’s changes to the way it ranks websites. Basically, Google is no longer counting the “junk links” that some search optimization services sell. As a result, … Continue reading
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Tagged bankruptcy, competition, criminal, estates, Google, information technology, large law firms, law firms, marketing, personal injury, search engine, SEO, small law firms, social media, strategy
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