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Category Archives: Leadership and Management
Motivation Theories and Professional Service Firms
Professional firms are finding it difficult to retain their talent. Is there anything they can do to motivate staff? Here’s a look at what we can learn about motivating talented people. Personality, abilities and experience are all relevant indicators to … Continue reading
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Tagged autonomy, charles handy, dan pink, hertzberg, hygiene factors, maslow, mastery, mclelland, purpose
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Are Some of Your Partners Losing Their Mojo?
As a coach I meet lots of partners who are admitting to me that they are, frankly, a bit bored! They probably don’t use those words. They might not even recognise the fact themselves. But after some probing questions from … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership and Management
Tagged career plans, demotivated, Mojo, new challenges, Partners, Partnership, stimulating
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Research Findings on What Motivates (and Demotivates) Lawyers
I’ve asked more than a thousand lawyers over the last ten years what motivates them at work. I’ve asked lawyers across Europe, Asia and the Americas. I’ve asked lawyers in big firms and small firms. The results are somewhat consistent … Continue reading
Giving Feedback Using Radical Candor (or Candour for the Brits!)
Kim Scott tells a great story about getting feedback from Sheryl Sandberg whilst working at Facebook. It goes roughly like this… After a presentation, Sheryl said: ‘You know you say ‘um’ a lot.’ Kim, who thought she was a pretty … Continue reading
Partner Interview Questions to Sort the Wheat from the Chaff
Here is a list of penetrating questions to assess whether an existing senior associate should be made a partner. On Transition What does being a partner at this firm mean to you? Why? What do you see as your principal … Continue reading
The Two Workshop Process for Developing a Strategy
Mention that you are devising a new strategy and your staff will probably be full of dread. And cynicism! After all, the last one didn’t amount to much! Here’s my Two Workshop Process to devise a practice group strategy and … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership and Management, Managing Change, Strategy
Tagged buy-in, commitment, cynicism, strategy workshops
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Beware Making Assumptions About Others
Or, why you never want to share a table with a stranger, by Douglas Adams I had the great pleasure of meeting Douglas back in the 1980’s in his flat in Islington, London. He tells the story like this… “I … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching and Training, Leadership and Management
Tagged cookie story, douglas adams
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