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Mo Fo’s new Mo Jo
After a 15 year COO/Executive-Director drought, Morrison & Foerster is making a move that is more akin to the behaviour of British and Australian firms than American ones – they have looked outside the firm and indeed outside the legal profession to fill their new Chief Operating Officer Position. This is a bold move which
Some Lawyers Get Perks for Health and Happiness
The New York Times Business section included an article yesterday called: For Lawyers, Perks to Fit a Lifestyle.
The article alluded to a variety of perks including money, candied apples, milkshakes, car discounts, valet services, wine, office parties, in-office gourmet meals on silver platters, nap rooms, child care, emergency nanny services, sabbaticals and even
If you had been in White and Case’s NY boardroom last Thursday…
…you would have seen my Edge International colleague and friend, Robert Millard, present the findings from the latest Managing Partner Forum Survey related to differences in approach to strategy in firms in the United Kingdom vs North America, and also in CPA (Accounting) Firms vs Law Firms. (Click on the sample slide to enlarge)
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Leaders: Genuine Inspiration from Sir Richard Branson
Is the UK’s wealthiest man also its wisest? If you have about 1/2 hour to sit in on a fascinating conversation with Sir Richard, head over to Adventures in Strategy, my Edge colleague and friend, Robert Millard’s blog post: Richard Branson on Life, Succeeding in Business and Everything
(Recorded March 2007 in Monterey, California. Duration:
A Great Law Firm “Driven to [Self-] Destruction”?
Recipe for disaster: secrecy, unfair competition, deteriorating culture and even a partnership agreement that did not foresee that it was too generous to departing partners if more than a handful left at a time…
Joanna Pachner of Canada’s highly respected publication, Financial Post Business, writes in detail today about how and why the highly respected
Meaningful Recognition from Managing Partners and Practice Group Leaders
Harvard Business Online has a coach named Marshall Goldsmith who has written or co-edited 22 books. In answer to the question:
How Do I Provide Meaningful Recognition?
Marshall references the following:
- List the names of the key groups of people that impact your life — both at work and at home (customers, co-workers, friends, family
Gaining Influence as a law firm CMO
The September 2007 McKinsey Quarterly has an interesting article called: The Evolving Role of the CMO by David Court who discusses four areas of change for the CMO:
- Changing to reflect new consumer [client?] buying behavior
- Shaping the Company’s [Firm’s?] public profile
- Managing Complexity
- Building new Marketing Capabilities
Before concluding, David discusses how the CEO
How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Managing Partners
As most Managing Partners are aware, during 25 years as CEO of GE, Jack Welch added more value than any other CEO in history. Accordingly, some folks think it worthwhile to analyze what Jack Welch did that fueled those exemplary results.
Much has been written about him and by him but now there us a
Telepresence (for your law firm?)
The despised business of videoconferencing is about to get a new lease on life.
This weeks Economist has an article on Telepresence. The full title is “Behold, telepresence – Far away yet strangely personal”. (Requires subscription). Image above is from the article.
Here are a few excerpts to whet your appetite for the story