Many lawyers tell me that their firm does not have, or has never had, a strategic plan. Law firms with up-to-date, carefully drafted strategic plans that inform their day-to-day and long term decision making are, sadly, few and far between. Read the Full Article
Strategic Planning for Law Firms Read More »
A curriculum for success Almost daily a client will say something along these lines to me: “[name of a lawyer] would make a great partner in this firm if (s)he could only develop and manage a successful partner level practice. Unfortunately, however, (s)he lacks those skills. Can those skills be learned and, if so, how?”
Training lawyers to be business developers Read More »
An integrative approach to fixing what ails law firms It’s a tough world out there now in the legal marketplace. Increasing fee and economic pressures, strong competition to hire the most capable young lawyers, baby boomers retiring without adequate succession plans in place, changing technology, artificial intelligence, culture change, and disruptive legal service provision offerings
Survival of the healthiest Read More »
If you are a New Zealand lawyer reading this article, you are part of an inter-generational cohort turnover in the New Zealand legal profession. What does thismean? I am referring to the fact that the generation of baby boomer lawyers are generally reducing their level of practice, becoming consultants (instead of partners) and/or retiring. Simultaneously,
Succession planning: a strategic approach Read More »
In the 1970s, when I was in university doing an inter-disciplinary baccalaureate degree in psychology, sociology and anthropology, I took a psychology course taught by Dr Pauline Clance. She was a little woman (barely 5 ft tall) and from the Appalachian region of Kentucky with a strong eastern Kentucky accent. She had grown up in
The imposter syndrome. Some thoughts and reflections Read More »
All Rights Reserved Emily Morrow
