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Harness the Power of Active Listening

Kimberly Alford Rice

How do we manage to deliver extraordinary client service and superior work product? Here's how to actively listen.

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Professional Development: Client CLE: A Value-Added Activity

Sharon Meit Abrahams

One value-added activity that any lawyer can offer is no-cost continuing legal education (CLE) programs for clients. Here's how to do it.

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Marketing Tech: Seven Criteria for Evaluating Your Law Firm's SEO

Melanie Trudeau

Even though SEO is a highly technical aspect of your law firm marketing strategy, it shouldn't be ignored. Here's why.

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Career Journal: What Are Your 'Pet Peeves'?

Eva Wisnik

What do your team members do that drives you crazy? Why you should compile a list.

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Law Firm Mergers Are Growing, Again!

Bob Gero

Our industry most likely will surpass the record 70 mergers reached in 2008. With theinflux of laterals, legal marketers can play an integral role in the new attorneys' success.

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Client Feedback

Jim Durham

Every touch point a client has with a firm, including support staff, can contribute meaningfully to client satisfaction ' or dissatisfaction.

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New Opportunities in the Legal Industry

Silvia L. Coulter

Should law firms hire professional sales people?

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Understanding Your Firm's Culture

Steve Armstrong & Tim Leishman

When law-firm leaders create or modify a firm's strategic goals, they typically do not spend enough time thinking through the ways in which they may have to change the culture if the strategy is to succeed.

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At the Intersection: Magical Thinking

Pamela Woldow

Even enlightened leaders often find it hard to get rank-and-file partners to align their individual near-term behaviors with the leaders' long-term strategic vision.

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Financial Considerations That Involve Your Partnership Agreement

Ed Poll

Is becoming a Partner still a realistic expectation in most large firms?

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