This clever animation may reinforce Dan Pink’s message from his new book Drive.
Compensation has been the tool of choice in law firms to reward good performance, punish the absence of it and drive change.
You will not want to believe what you are about to hear and see… ask yourself why?
If you are
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Nearly three decades ago, in the early days of Edge International, there was only one writer in the area of managing a professional firm that commanded our unqualified respect and attention. That was David Maister.
“Managing the Professional Services Firm” is the Bible, according to many leaders of some of the largest professional
Tom Peters gave me the thrill of my life when he endorsed my book The Successful Lawyer. I have revered this genius over his many masterpieces starting with In Search of Excellence and then so many more amazing literary, video and blogging contribution
So, law firm leaders, as you think about excellence in 2010
Take a few moments at the beginning of your next (executive, practice group, industry group, client team) meeting and watch this piece from Australia’s George and Margaret Beaton (Beaton research and Consulting). They have been friends for a long time and not only built an amazing high end consultancy but have done it
It is a proud day for all of us at Edge to add such a distinguished partner. After law school, Jordan articled with one of Canada’s leading law firms and then opted for a career in legal journalism culminating with more than 10 years as editor-in-chief of the Canadian Bar Associations distinguished well respected National
I believe in capitalism and free enterprise. I have a business degree before law. My practicing years were spent helping clients increase their profits… managing partner years helping my partners increase theirs. You’ll get no socialistic psychobabble from me.
I encourage you to assimilate the compelling evidence that increasing compensation in the hope of enhancing
I was honoured to be included in the round table that culminated in the cover story of Law Pro
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I am in good company. The roundtable included:
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The image above is the core of the post of internet phenom, Rajesh Setty, in his post today at Life Beyond Code: Optimists and Pessimists – The big difference is..
Couple that with the wisdom of lawyer and legal profession provocateur, Patrick Lamb, in his post today: Silver Lining in Black Economic Cloud? in which
http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1056137&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1Tom Peters on the Definition of Leadership from Tom Peters on Vimeo.
Whether you are Firm Chair, Managing Parter, Practice Group Leader, Industry Group Leader or Client Team Leader, I believe 3 minutes and 53 seconds will prove a useful catalyst for your thought.
