by Bruce | May 11, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Business Week asks "Has the job of CEO for a megacompany become too complex to handle?" We might well ask, "Has the job of Chairman of an AmLaw 50 firm become too complex? Is it asking too much to expect one person to occupy a position of...
by Bruce | May 11, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
Sometimes, in the famous phrase, "a cigar is just a cigar," but other times I think you can read the tea leaves to suss out evidence of larger trends. Such, in any event, was my reaction to this seemingly low-visibility story that a three-member "tax...
by Bruce | May 9, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
This is a longish story from CIO Magazine, but a valuable one as it lives at the intersection of two topics readers repeatedly express great interest in: IT and leadership. Essentially a profile of John Hummel, CIO of Northern California-based Sutter Health...
by Bruce | May 8, 2005 | About the Site, Articles
Trust is a classic example of a virtuous aspect of a relationship which can only be won painstakingly over time, but which can be destroyed in an instant. Among the behaviors which support and build up trust are consistency, clarity, transparency, and a track...
by Bruce | May 7, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
My loyal correspondent Rob Hyndman pointed out a feature article in Legal Affairs, "Are Your Lawyers in New York or New Delhi?," which takes on the pregnant issue of outsourcing with, to my mind (and Rob’s), fairly underwhelming levels of...
by Bruce | May 6, 2005 | About the Site, Articles
Comments are back "on!" Much as I hated to, and as antisocial as it seems in the blogosphere, I was forced for a lengthy interregnum to turn comments "off" thanks to the reprehensible phenomenon of "comment spam:" After...