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Law Firm Leadership: Beyond Coffee and Client Alerts: Strategizing Your Client Nurture System for Multidimensional Relationships
Business development is, first and foremost, about people and your relationships with these people. While marketing and visibility activities (speaking, writing, etc.) are critical, it's the people who ultimately make the hiring decisions. As a lawyer, while time is rarely on your side, developing your Nurture System will help you strengthen and deepen your important relationships in ways that are sustainable and effective.
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Using Experience Management In Marketing and Business Development
With experience management, information is centralized in exactly one place and, by design, means that marketing, business development and knowledge management (KM) know that the information they need resides in that exact, single "place."
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Online Extra: From Law School to Corner Office: Tips for Crafting An Effective Bio
A well-written and up-to-date bio is both essential and possible for every lawyer, no matter your age, level or practice. Here are some tips for crafting an effective bio as you move through different stages of your practice.
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Online Extra: 'Across-the-Board' Cost Increases Expected To Have Major Impact On 2024 Legal Ops
Although the inflation rate is down, law firms are still fighting "across-the-board" cost increases, including for talent and technology, as well as overhead costs for occupancy. Those costs are expected to have an outsize influence on law firm operations going into 2024.
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Breaking Boundaries: Unleashing the Power of Flexibility In Law Firms for Recruitment, Retention, Diversity and Client Expansion
Embracing flexibility can provide law firms with a range of competitive advantages, from attracting and retaining top talent to fostering diversity and expanding their client bases. This article delves into the numerous benefits of flexible law practices and explore how those practices could contribute to the growth and success of modern law firms.
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When Does Zero Equal More? The Add-In Budget
This article is about putting more money into the distributable income line on your monthly financial report; how to rethink and profit from your annual budget-planning cycle, which should be underway now and not postponed for January after the "year-end" collection silly season.
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Unleashing the Power of Flexibility In Law Firms for Recruitment, Retention, Diversity and Client Expansion
Embracing flexibility can provide law firms with a range of competitive advantages, from attracting and retaining top talent to fostering diversity and expanding their client bases.
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The Visibility Factor: Overcoming Not Being Seen
In most law firms, there are walls that can prevent all of us from being both seen and heard by all within an organization. However, these obstacles can be overcome in most settings, despite the different factors that may keep employees, supervisors and team members from prevailing over them.
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Outdated Compensation Plans Leave Young Lawyers Disenchanted About Leadership Roles
Without recognition for their varied contributions, young lawyers are likely to feel more disenchanted or disinterested in career longevity or leadership duties at a law firm.
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Mastering the Art of Handling Negative Comments On Social Media
Just as organizations prepare for disaster recovery and data breaches, having a well-thought-out social media response plan is equally critical. In this article, we delve deeper into dealing with negative comments on social media and shedding light on the intricacies of managing your online reputation.
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