I am so pleased to have been a guest on Steve Fretzin’s Podcast: Be That Lawyer with Steve Fretzin. In the episode, Steve and I discuss:
I developed the “Stealth Discrimination Model” several years ago to assist managing partners and others responsible for leadership in law firms who (like most of us) simply
I am often asked to
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A recent post on the Human Capital League website talks about “The Boring Trait that Google Looks for in its Leaders.”
Contrary to what most of us might think, the article says, “The most important character trait of a leader is one that you’re more likely to associate with a dull person than a
I recently came across a fascinating video presentation by management expert, academic and author Gary Hamel. Hamel is a founder of Strategos, an international management consulting firm based in Chicago.
In the video, Hamel notes that today, leaders often appear to be coming up short. This is not an individual problem, he says: it is
Some law firm leaders complain that they can’t give orders in a partnership. Gettysburg was proof that you can not get your orders obeyed even in the military if you are not a true leader.
A number of weeks ago, I spent the day in the battlefields of Gettysburg with two retired army colonels.
Considering the money law firms invest in every newly hired attorney, it would make sense for partners to pay closer attention to lawyer satisfaction. But according to Gerry Riskin, founding partner of law firm consultancy Edge International, "most firms are oblivious" to attrition costs. "That expense is unacceptable, yet firms have been accepting
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.
The worst market crisis in 60 years: "recession or worse"? Says who? The 80th richest man in the world, George Soros, (estimated net worth of 8.5 Billion according to Forbes). Is Mr. Soros toying with the "D" word: "Depression" when he says "recession or worse"?
I recommend that you read the entire Financial Times
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
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