Pop Quiz – What do these five law firms have in common?
Dierker & Associates, P.C. of Troy, MI Epstein, Turner & Song of Los Angeles, CA Gannon & Garcia, L.L.P. of San Antonio, TX Powers & Frost, L.L.P. of Houston, TX Rojas Law Firm LLP of Miami, FL
Hint #1: They are the newest
When you fire a client, you might want to be a little more diplomatic than the title of this post (or the posture of the fellow above) implies but, diplomatic or not, when it’s the right thing to do, DO IT! The primary purpose of marketing is to give you choices. Effective marketing allows
Rajesh Setty Have you got any time today for reflection? Click one: YES or NO.
Xerox Chairman & CEO Anne M. Mulcahy Patrick Lamb, in his Blog: “In Search of Perfect Client Service” delivers lessons learned from an interview with the Xerox CEO on NPR radio. The essence of his entertaining and thought-provoking post refers us to phenomena rarely seen in law firms: “Listening and Discipline”. Take a look (or
Freelance writer Sarah Doherty follows yesterday’s article “Flexible work schedules save money, research shows” about which I posted: (You Can’t Afford to Keep Losing Your Women Lawyers)with another offering: Room at the top – Big law firms are making an effort to promote women into more visible and prominent positions Here’s how the
Catalyst studies show an associate’s departure costs a [Canadian] firm about $315,000 in recruiting, training, salaries, overhead, severance, outplacement and other costs – not including hiring a replacement. The stress of juggling work and family usually falls more heavily on female lawyers… So what can law firms do to be more flexible in the face
Can you define and differentiate among these terms:
Intellectual Capital? Human Capital ? Relationship Capital? Reputational Capital? Economic Capital? Structural Capital
The immediate reaction may be “those things are too subjective to be valued” or “even if they could be valued, that value would be diminimous.” But anyone who has been involved in evaluations and
“thinking first” may focus too heavily on the matter itself, interfering with deep understanding of the issues dividing people and actually preventing a good decision.
This is all according to a fascinating post today by my South African friend and Edge International colleague, Robert Millard, called Logic Not Always Best For Real-World Decisions Robert
My post earlier today, The Wall Street Journal Blasts Law Firm Salaries Arms Race plus the comments of Larry E. Ribstein in his Ideoblog post “Why are law firm associates paid so much?” seem to have inspired a nice piece of analysis by Bruce MacEwen in his resulting post, Associate Salaries: The Great Debate.
BRUCE MARCUS See Bruce’s new article, How to Recruit in a Competitive World, at LAW.COM. Here’s a taste:
Recruiting advertising is like any other, in that telling people what you want won’t work. Offering people what they want, and how you’re going to give it to them, works.
Bruce goes on to give actual
