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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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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
Leadership in Law Firms is Too Important to be Left to Partners
Law firms have a wealth of untapped talent at the senior associate (SA) level in my view. If partners could let go a bit more, so much more could get done and margins would be improved. I’m not talking about … Continue reading
How to Motivate Your Team Members?
We tend to think that our work colleagues are similar to us – that what motivates and demotivates us, is the same for our colleagues. If we do think that, I’m afraid we are seriously misguided! I’ve asked hundreds of … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement, advancement, autonomy, congeniality, high pay, motivation, responsibility, security, status
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Getting Others to Follow You and be Committed
So there you are, a leader in your firm trying to get others to follow you. How’s that going? Ask yourself whereabouts on this scale your team members typically are: Resisting? Apathetic? Grudging compliance? Willing compliance? Enrolled? Committed? My suggestion … Continue reading
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Tagged commitment, compliance, engagement, enrollment, followship, influencing, motivation
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Managing Generation Y – What Works and What Doesn’t!
Managing the new generation of talent clearly isn’t easy in law firms. Are law firms getting it right with this new Gen Y and their different values? Our work in Sherwood PSF Consulting shows vast differences between firms in performance … Continue reading
Are some of your lawyers a bit bored? Might this cause some under-performance issues?
If they are bored, let’s start by exploring what might be causing the boredom? One of the subjects that one of my partners Sally Woodward and I are really interested in is motivation – in particular, what motivates and demotivates … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching and Training, Leadership and Management, Managing Change, Strategy
Tagged career path, challenges, Lawyers, Leadership, motivation, Partners
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Your Partners are Probably Great Lawyers. But are they Great Leaders?
When we talk to recently-appointed partners about their new role, we frequently hear something along the lines of “we are expected to be leaders now”. The word leadership gets used a lot these days. We use it all the time. … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership and Management, Managing Change
Tagged administration, Law Firms, Leadership, management, motivation, vision
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Leadership is Too Important to be Left to the Partners
Law firms have a wealth of untapped talent at the senior associate (SA) level. If partners could let go a bit more, so much more could get done and margins would be improved. For SA’s, I’m not talking about … Continue reading
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