by Bruce | May 20, 2008 | Articles, Cultural Considerations
Timely is the only word for the new article in Booz-Allen’s Strategy + Business, which examines the history of business school education and asks if today’s MBA programs are out of sync with the needs of 21st Century business. Why timely? For two reasons....
by Bruce | May 16, 2008 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Do these descriptions fit your firm, or sound credible to you? "Managing talent in global organization is more complex and demanding than it is in a national business." "The movement of employees between countries is still surprisingly limited."...
by Bruce | May 6, 2008 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Thinking of going to a two-tier (equity and non-equity) partnership? Or of increasing the non-equity ranks if (like 80% of the AmLaw 100) you’re already two-tier? I’m here to counsel extreme skepticism. And I’m tempted to be even more...
by Bruce | April 21, 2008 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Here are just a few of the early reviews of the Georgetown Law Symposium on "The Future of the Global Law Firm:" “Extraordinarily well done. Interesting people and good stuff.” “I thoroughly enjoyed the conference. It was...
by Bruce | April 19, 2008 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
I’m back from the two-day "Future of the Global Law Firm" symposium at Georgetown Law School, which was organized by Prof. Mitt Regan of Georgetown, Prof. Larry Ribstein of the University of Illinois, and myself. You may read other coverage of this...
by Bruce | April 12, 2008 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Practice Group Management
First comes an FT story on clients demanding more "diversity" in City firms, then a followup letter attributing high female turnover to late night hours, next a WSJ Law Blog piece on how to keep female talent on the partnership track (featuring insights from...