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Five Keys to Successfully Transitioning Clients Across Generations

Kent Zimmermann

<b><i>Strengthening Cultural Expectations Is Key</b></i><p>Client relationship succession planning is a top concern among law firm leaders. Firms of all stripes frequently develop goals in their strategic plans to facilitate more effective client relationship transitions. However, there is room for many firms to take a more formal and proactive approach to effectively transition client relationships across generations.

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How Will Generation X Lead Big Law?

Lauren Still Rikleen

<b><i>Stop Obsessing About the Millennials (for Now)</b></i><p>For decades, members of Generation X have been stuck between two behemoth, attention-draining generations, wondering if they would forever be relegated to back-bench leadership — mere seat-warmers for ambitious millennials waiting for baby boomers to retire. Now, as boomers slowly face their own mortality and aging bodies after a lifetime of devotion to work, there is no longer a need to question whether Gen X will have an opportunity to lead.

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