by Bruce | March 15, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
Just when the drum-beat of KenLayBernieEbbersDennisKozlowskiMarthaStewart began to seem as unstoppable as, well, a tsunami, the always-refreshing Michael Schrage tees off at "the pea-brained ‘ethics-ification’ of business decision-making:" ...
by Bruce | March 14, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy
It hasn’t taken the legal blogosphere long—just barely over the weekend—but help is on the way In Re: Decloaking Associates. David Giacolone may or may not have been the first to suggest it, but as of this morning Kevin Heller at...
by Bruce | March 13, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Just Plain Interesting, Leadership, Strategy
Cardinal Richelieu’s words came to mind when Alan Abelson, the wry and engaging author of Barron’s weekly "Up and Down Wall Street" column, considered the fate of Boeing’s CEO, Harry Stonecipher, who as we all know tendered his resignation...
by Bruce | March 8, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
If you think practice group management is a fad that will run its course, you should read this piece by Patrick McKenna. [Patrick is a well-known expert on strategy and practice management and, among other things, co-author with David Maister of "First...
by Bruce | March 6, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
To risk stating the obvious, a major downside of acquiring powerful lateral partners or small groups thereof is that they will not stay. Now The American Lawyer has a piece covering the story of same over the past five years or so, complete with a helpful and...
by Bruce | March 4, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
I believe this is a first, but I’m about to quote an astute and interested UK reader’s unsolicited, over-the-transom "letter to ‘Adam Smith, Esq.’" in its entirety. At first I thought I could edit it gracefully for concision,...