by Bruce | September 9, 2013 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy
Across my desk the other week came Magnetic Museums: The Art and Science of Engagement, published by the American Alliance of Museums. Having no clue why the volume was on my desk, but in deference to a longstanding friend whence it came, I opened it up and saw that...
by Bruce | July 19, 2013 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Here’s Scenario 1: You’re in an executive committee or practice group or departmental meeting at your firm, and the question arises for discussion why one or a handful of your partners are engaging in activities which, from the firm’s overall...
by Bruce | July 8, 2013 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Profiles of Individuals
Herewith the next installment in our series of articles on the always charged issue of compensation, from Richard Rapp. Enjoy! Bruce Like the heads of most law firms, I had no training in management when I became president of a professional service partnership...
by Bruce | April 11, 2013 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
A few weeks ago I ran a column about “ReInvent Law,” an event in Silicon Valley in the first half of March, which presented some views about possible futures of BigLaw, most of which were, uh, challenging to those who think business as usual is a strategy....
by Bruce | March 7, 2013 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Recruiting
I don’t know about you, but I find talent markets fascinating. They have several characteristics that make them quite distinctive from regular old goods and services markets: Talent is extremely heterogeneous; it’s not as if there’s another Honda...
by Bruce | February 28, 2013 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
OK, so the film rights to the book have not yet been auctioned, but in the meantime here’s my interview with the intrepid Lee Pacchia of Bloomberg Law. From Lee’s introduction: The era of ever-expanding revenues and profits for the nation’s largest...