by Bruce | August 2, 2011 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Partnership Structures
Here’s one of those Evergreen Topics beloved of management consultants and publishers, and since I’m both it’s irresistible. Better yet, the table is set by the always-worthwhile Alex Novarese, editor in chief of Legal Week, in his current weekly...
by Bruce | July 21, 2011 | Articles, Law Schools, Recruiting
I wrote elsewhere about Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) writing to the President of the ABA, Stephen Zack, asking some quite pointed questions about just how rigorous their law school accreditation standards are. And on a related note I analyzed New York Law...
by Bruce | July 17, 2011 | Articles, Law Schools, Recruiting
By this time everyone and their cousin has probably read The New York Times’ “Law School Economics: Ka-Ching!,” which graced the front page of the website and the print Business section in today’s Sunday paper. This won’t be...
by Bruce | July 15, 2011 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Think you could learn anything from Uniqlo, the high-turnover, fashion-forward clothing retailer out of Japan? No? Then how about learning something from Japan itself? (That is to say, from its corporate culture.) No, again? Because...
by Bruce | July 11, 2011 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Innovative Managing Partners, Recruiting
I suppose when we’re quoted in The Wall Street Journal it’s worth writing about. So it was with a combination of pleasure and surprise that I opened this morning’s browser tabs to find this piece talking about law schools beginning to...
by Bruce | July 10, 2011 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Recruiting, Strategy
In “Idea or Product?” I wrote about the difference between organizations that basically view themselves as creating products vs. organizations that see themselves as loyal to an idea. I’m happy to report that the piece generated more than its share...