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Leadership Development in Just Two Hours (and less than 500 words!)
I spent several years on the faculty of the Nottingham Law School teaching a two-year MBA in Legal Practice. Then I was asked to design an MBA in a day! My consulting colleagues teased me that I hadn’t got it … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership and Management
Tagged dan pink, delegation, feedback, Ken Blanchard, matter management, motivation, supervising
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Derogation and Duplication in Delegation – What Clients Need to Know!
Many firms still haven’t cracked the challenges of delegating work properly. Here is a summary of the issues: Frankly most of us know that it often feels easier to do the work ourselves than to have to explain it to … Continue reading
How to Improve Practice Group Profitability
Do all the practice groups in your firm make an adequate margin? If not, what is being done to address the deficiency? I’ve been involved in several projects which have looked at how to improve profitability. Here’s my proposed approach, … Continue reading
Why Partners Continue to Underdelegate
The benefits of delegating are clear. Some of the main ones are that there is: Learning, career progression and enhanced motivation for the juniors Potentially lower costs to clients (or higher margins for firms) Freeing up of partner time to … Continue reading
Why Managing Matters is a Serious Matter
Are lawyers good project managers? Some don’t think so and I’m afraid I probably agree! I run workshops with senior associates on the subject and I usually start by asking the question ‘whose job is it to manage the matter?’ … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership and Management, Managing Change, Strategy
Tagged accountability, delegation, efficiency, Law Firms, matter managing, PMn, supervision
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