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Understanding Your Firm's Culture Image

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 Image

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 Image

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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Movers & Shakers Image

Movers & Shakers

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

John B. Sivertsen has joined Ranstad North America as its associate general counsel.

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10 Proven Strategies To Effectively Implement the Two-tier Partner Structure Image

10 Proven Strategies To Effectively Implement the Two-tier Partner Structure

Joel A. Rose

This article describes 10 proven strategies that we have recommended to clients to effectively implement the two-tier partner structure.

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Word File Types and Compatibility Image

Word File Types and Compatibility

Sue Hughes

This column addresses the new compatibility features of Microsoft Office Word 2013.

Features

How Not to Fail On Execution Image

How Not to Fail On Execution

Rob Mattern

According to the Gartner Group, 70% of outsourcing engagements fail and 90% do not meet their financial goals.

LEGAL MARKETING STRATEGY - 14 Steps from Handshake to Closing Image

LEGAL MARKETING STRATEGY - 14 Steps from Handshake to Closing

Allan Colman

Moving from the challenge of getting that first handshake to closing new business.

Features

Sales Speak: New Opportunities in the Legal Industry Image

Sales Speak: New Opportunities in the Legal Industry

Silvia L. Coulter

Research over the past four years is showing a slow-moving upward trend of law firms hiring professional sales people. This trend spans all sizes of firms, from small to global.

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Media & Communications: New Ways to Provide Value Image

Media & Communications: New Ways to Provide Value

Steven Andersen

Business as usual is different now, and we're not going back to the "good" old days when the fa'ade of increasing billing rates masked a multitude of law firm management sins.

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