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Hit It Out of the Park: Lessons Learned in Practice Group Management
This article reviews a methodology that has transformed our practice group leaders and our firm's approach to practice group management. What follows are some best practices and lessons learned from one midsize firm's year-long endeavor.
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<b><i>Business of Branding:</i></b> Seven Signs You Should Be Thinking About a Rebrand
Just because you want a new "look and feel" doesn't mean you should enter into a lengthy, complex and potentially expensive rebranding project. There are a number of "signs," though, that might indicate you should consider rebranding or at least refreshing your firm's brand.
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The Global 100
The Global 100 appears to have found its groove. After the turbulence of the financial crisis, which in 2009 caused the world's 100 highest-grossing law firms to collectively suffer their first-ever fall in aggregate fee income, the group has now settled into a pattern of slow, steady growth.
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Data Sharing In the Cloud
Storing and sharing data "in the cloud" has become, in many instances, a business necessity. The practical and economic advantages of cloud computing are clear ' it eliminates the need to send client data via traditional, costly methods, and is significantly less expensive than building and maintaining the same data storage capacity in-house.
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How to Fix Reputational Harm
The speed with which negative Internet postings spread can cause immediate reputational harm. To remedy this harm, the nature and extent of the damage must be quantified, which is no easy task. However, new digital tools can now be used to assess and quantify damage caused by these kinds of negative Internet postings.
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<b><i>At the Intersection:</i></b> Communication Babble, Redux
The authors began their two-part series on "communication babble" in the July Issue of this newsletter They conclude herein with "an only slightly disguised true story."
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<b><i>Leadership:</i></b> Growing Thick Skin
Having thick skin is critical to success in law firms, especially when your job centers on developing programs that help a firm compete in a dynamic and increasingly competitive environment.
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<b><i>Voice of the Client:</i></b> Are Lawyers Listening and Leading?
Whether or not to meet with clients on a regular basis will now significantly impact a firm's success. And this means all inactive important clients of the firm, not just the firm's current active clients.
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Your Clients Want Alternative Fees
Think you're being responsive to your clients about fees? They think you can do better. Here's what you need to know.
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Creating a Competitive Situation
When it comes to the business processes that legal organizations should be improving immediately for long-term success, back-office support and the recovery of those costs tops the list. With the pressure on rates and cost recovery not abating, it is critical that firms develop a strategic plan to decrease and control their support costs and recover them in a fair and transparent manner.
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