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Does your firm lack leadership?
‘If the eyes of your team members aren’t shining brightly, how are you being?’ An interesting quote from Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. I’ve just been reminded of this quote while working with the banking sector in … Continue reading
From Surviving to Thriving as a Practice Group Head
Let’s face it, the role of practice group head is a really important one. They are the skipper of the ship. Yet firms seem to put so little effort into developing the talent to carry out this role well. I’m not … Continue reading
Getting Best Value from Business Support Functions
Many firms have slashed their support functions (ie Finance, BD, HR, IT etc) in the downturn. I can understand why firms have done this in the short term, but I’m not at all sure that’s the right thing to do … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership and Management, Strategy
Tagged back office, best value, business services, efficiency, outsourcing
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Do Partners Really Buy-in to Change at Your Firm?
Most organisations are not good at implementing projects that require people to work differently (eg new appraisal processes, mentoring programmes, key account programmes, new IT add-on systems etc). Programmes get initiated, but often fizzle out before any great added value … Continue reading
How to be More Emotionally Resilient
Work life seems to be getting more challenging. You may find yourself in the middle of a merger and get a new boss you find difficult. For all kinds of reasons, we can end up feeling we have more bad … Continue reading
It Can be Stressful at the Top – Here’s to a Happier 2014!
New Year – a time for reflection. What will 2014 bring for senior executives? Well, it has to true that if you approach the year in the same way as you did 2013 you’re highly likely to get similar results. … Continue reading
Not Investing Enough Time in Business Development – Survey Reveals
Benchmarking Study on BD Practices in Law Firms – Main Findings Here are some initial and somewhat disturbing findings from a survey amongst 30 partners in law firms. Firstly partners admit that they are not spending as much time as … Continue reading
Are Your Lawyers Entrepreneurial and Innovative Enough?
I recently took part in a fascinating webinar on People Strategies run by the IE Law School as part of their Lawyers’ Management Programme. Lawyers from all over the world were logged in to the discussion. One of the most … Continue reading
Great Teamwork and How to Achieve It
We all know the great experience of being in a team where it all just clicks. You feel good. You see good things happening. You’re enjoying it! But what are the secrets to achieving this? Alex “Sandy” Pentland did an … Continue reading
The Role of the Chair of the Meeting
There are a lot of misunderstandings about the role of a Chair of a meeting. The Chair should manage three strands of activity at the meeting – the people, the process as well as the content. The role of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 strands, chair, effective meetings, meetings, people, process, task
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