by Bruce | June 24, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
"As global law firms begin to take on the size and reach of some of the world’s most notable multinationals, it is not unreasonable to assume that they should be run with a more commercial management structure." —Nigel Knowles, Joint CEO of DLA Piper...
by Bruce | June 21, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Eric Beinhocker, a fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute (a "think tank," in the oddly quaint but apt phrase), is out with what may be one of the most provocative books on economics in several years—though admittedly I haven’t even seen a copy...
by Bruce | June 20, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management
You know that your approach to decision-making—your decision-making "style," if you will—needs to change as you progress from associate to junior partner to (perhaps) practice group leader to member of the executive committee. But precisely...
by Bruce | June 19, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Anticipating change, for example change in the landscape of what practice areas are hot, can seem a fool’s errand, but I’d like to suggest that it’s not. We all know that "chance favors the prepared mind," and I’d like to try to...
by Bruce | June 16, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
I recur fairly often to the topics of management and leadership, mostly because they’re the hardest game in town. (And yes, we could have a Talmudic debate about how "management" is and is not "leadership," but since my goal is to...
by Bruce | June 14, 2006 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Occasionally an article lies so irresistibly at the core intersection of economic theory and the professional interests of the "Adam Smith, Esq." community that, despite the fact we are not here for a graduate seminar in economics, it simply demands to...