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Supply Chains Aren’t Just for Manufacturers

by Bruce | July 5, 2022 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Recruiting, Strategy

Yes, I’m looking at you, law firm leaders.  You, too, have a supply chain.  It’s time to start thinking of it that way. May we take a step back for a moment?  From the redoubtable St. Louis Fed comes a study Supply Chain Disruptions and Inflation During...

The Associate Attrition/Comp Wars: The Data is Just Plain Weird

by Bruce | June 7, 2022 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Recruiting, Strategy

Editor’s Note: A modestly condensed version of this article was published a few weeks ago in Thomson Reuter’s Forum magazine.  It was the leading story for a week after it was published. We appreciate their courtesy in letting us republish a slightly...

Recession? Time for Scenario Planning!

by Bruce | June 1, 2022 | Articles, Business Models, Compensation, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy

This article was co-written with Janet Stanton, Partner. As you know, we have recently published our thoughts on the likelihood of a recession in the United States:  Reasonably high, in a nutshell.  We won’t rehearse our reasoning here in detail, but the root cause...

Last Call to Associates: How’s The New Normal for You?

by Bruce | March 30, 2022 | About the Site, Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Recruiting

Dear Reader-associates. Let your voice be heard while there’s still time! With the heavy lifting done by our friends at Above the Law,  we wanted to draw your attention to a brand-new survey delving into how associates have been experiencing the...

Calling All Associates: How’s The New Normal for You?

by Bruce | March 17, 2022 | About the Site, Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Recruiting

Dear Reader-associates. With the heavy lifting done by our friends at Above the Law,  we wanted to draw your attention to a brand-new survey delving into how associates have been experiencing the pandemic/lockdown, how their firms and bosses have behaved or...

The Associate Comp Wars & Thick/Thin Communities

by Bruce | March 10, 2022 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Ineffable, Leadership, Recruiting, Strategy

I don’t have the grey cells or, frankly, the spare time to keep track, blow by blow, of the Great Associate Comp Wars of 2022, but fortunately Above the Law does and has.  From January 20th of this year, when Milbank kicked off the festival of riches arms’ race,...
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