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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
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Tagged career plans, demotivated, Mojo, new challenges, Partners, Partnership, stimulating
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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
Should Leaders be Loved or Feared?
Niccolo Machiavelli hedged his bets when answering this question and said “one should wish to be both”. But he went on to say “because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared … Continue reading
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Tagged cortisol, feared, Leadership, machiavelli, Partners, testosterone, warmth
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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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Take the Time Recording Challenge
You can’t bill what you don’t record! Most firms recognise that the largest source of leakage of chargeable time is the time that should have been recorded but wasn’t. Take this test to see what you would record. The answers … Continue reading
Mind the Knowing-Doing Gap – Through Practice
What do I mean by the Knowing-Doing gap? Here are a couple of examples: Most partners know they should be giving regular feedback to associates – praising good efforts and correcting errors. Yet associates tell us repeatedly that they don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged feedback, Leadership, Partners, practice group heads, practise, training
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What Partners Really Mean When They Say ‘Yes’ to Your Idea
When I was a younger man – rather more innocent and naive than I am now – I can remember the delight at getting a unanimous ‘yes’ from the board members of my firm to a big culture-changing project. I … Continue reading
Findings from Coaching Survey with Law Firms on Behalf of The Institute of Coaching
These survey findings reflect the views and current practice of Human Resources (HR) and Learning & Development (L&D) professionals in nine law firms in the City of London – including two of the world’s largest (over £2bn of revenues between … Continue reading
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Tagged coaching, HR, L&D, Law Firms, Partners, survey, training
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Why Partners Don’t Do the Business Development You Want Them to Do
I’ve recently been approached by a big law firm asking me to deliver a speech to get the partners ‘out there doing more business development’. I told them that this approach was unlikely to work without understanding what the ‘blockers’ … Continue reading
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