Anguilla I got tagged both by Patrick Lamb of In Search of Perfect Client Service and Bruce Allen of Marketing Catalyst. I think this is all Larry Bodine’s doing – it’s addictive like eating a potato chip – there is no way to stop. Assembling responses for this took me on quite a journey.
Patrick Lamb’s Latest Punchline on Client Visits
Patrick J. Lamb There are many voices on the subject of the management of law firms but very few have Patrick Lamb’s depth of experience and accomplishment. Patrick continues to practice in a complex and specialized area of the law attracting and maintaining clients at the high end of the curve. I think his own
Article on New Partners Ignores Diversity
Law.com published Firms Show Modest Growth in New Partners today without a mention of diversity – not even gender. In light of the recent New York Times article Why Do So Few Women Reach the Top of Big Law Firms I would have liked to see some information beyond mere numbers of new partners –
The Mentoring Discussion Continues
Bruce Allen adds some essential thoughts about mentoring in his recent post, Mentoring Works…. In its Own Way His first bullet point is:
The mentoring relationship IS a relationship. It requires a chemistry between two individuals not found in a spread sheet or personality profile. Not every senior attorney in your firm will be selected
Why Do So Few Women Reach the Top of Big Law Firms?
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This five page article, Why Do So Few Women Reach the Top of Big Law Firms?, by TIMOTHY L. O’BRIEN in today’s New York Times is an excellent piece with some myth-busting comments like:
Although women certainly leave firms to become more actively involved
Introducing Harvard’s Constance Bagley – your potential business development weapon
Constance E. Bagley For your consideration: Whether you are a Managing Partner, a Marketing Partner or a Marketing Professional working in a law firm, Constance Bagley may hold a key to your developing business, both by satisfying existing clients and attracting new ones. What if you invited Professor Bagley to address a meeting of your
Would you fly in this airplane?
Would you fly in this airplane? So would I. But why do we care what the airplane interior loooks like – will it get us to our destination faster or safer? By the same reasoning, why would a law firm care about design? I invite you to download my article on that topic Intelligent Design
Newest Issue of Edge International Review Available as PDF
To Sell or not to Sell – that is the question
Jim Hassett Thank you to Jim Hassett at his Law Firm Business Development Blog for continuing the conversation about Bullet Proofing Crown Jewel Clients with his new post regarding my thoughts on the comments of Steven Bell, Director of Sales at Womble Carlyle. See his post To Sell or Not to Sell in his Law
Law Firm Technology is at Plumbing Stage
Richard Susskind says:
the ‘really exciting stuff’ [is] due to take place in the next decade
Richard goes on to say:
By and large, most lawyers have now got their BlackBerrys, they Google regularly, and they think they are on their way the transformation has occurred,” he said. “The plumbing is in place, the