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Competitive Intelligence
Competitive Intelligence (CI) is not a new concept. It has been actively practiced in many industries for a number of years. In fact, CI has existed in law firms that have been proactively implementing ways to respond to changing client expectations since the early 2000s, though it has been gaining widespread prominence in the last few years.
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Debating Nonlawyer Ownership of Law Firms
Lawyers love a debate, and it looks like a doozy is set concerning nonlawyer ownership of law firms (NLO).
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The Other Side of the Interview
Much has been written regarding how the candidate can be successful in the interview; however, less has been shared regarding how the interviewer can "win the interview" for the firm. Below are four ways in which an interviewer can come out on top in an interview.
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<b><i>Leadership:</i></b> Accelerate New Business Now
Acceleration is about generating and making new business successful in less time. In order to enter the "accelerator zone," one must first understand what happens when you are <I>not</I> in the "accelerator zone."
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Thought Leadership Initiative
Many brilliant attorneys struggle to attract clients despite their well-developed strategic and winning legal skills. Most likely, they have either resisted or simply don't know how to "get the word out" about the availability and quality of their services.
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<b><i>At the Intersection:</i></b> Battling Law's Second Language
If business English ' essentially masculine English ' is the language of power and dominance, the language spoken at the table by those who have won a seat at the table, Feminenglish is the language of deference to power. How does this affect your firm?
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Marketing Tech: Embracing IoT and Big Data Means Future Success
These days, we are continually being bombarded by one new tech concept after another ' the most current being IoT (or the Internet of Things) and Big Data. To feel secure moving our businesses forward among the onslaught of all these changes, it is necessary to simplify our understanding to bring peace to the progress of our quickly advancing world.
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Social Media Scene: Free LinkedIn Publicity for Your Firm
There's a little-known way for leveraging LinkedIn to inform your entire network of what your are doing, and, as a result, garner free publicity for your firm. Here's how to gain free publicity.
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Insurance Limited Partnerships As an Alternate Estate Planning Tool
Valuation discounts in estate planning has permitted the transfer of assets from one generation to another in an economically efficient manner. Two of the various discount methods claim lack of control (minority interest discount) and lack of marketability. The IRS has traditionally objected to these approaches in intra-family transfers, while Congress has attempted to legislate away these "loopholes" unsuccessfully and the Treasury Department is contemplating new regulations to accomplish this goal.
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Media & Communications: Upgrade Your PR Game!
Admit it: You've been doing the same thing for too long in an attempt to get your firm in the news. And it's just not working anymore. Below are five ways to be more effective in 2016.
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