by Bruce | October 27, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
More on my London journey: The raison d’être of the trip, as mentioned, was to meet the other partners of Edge International: That meeting was this past Saturday and Sunday at the Naval & Military Club hard on St. James’ Square in...
by Bruce | October 18, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership
Jim Taronji, an antitrust partner at Howrey, sent me the following email about the billable hour poll, which I am taking the liberty of reproducing in haec verba because it’s so thoughtful and articulate: “Eventually, the “billable hour” will...
by Bruce | October 17, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
The Clementi Commission reforms appear closer than ever to reality, and their implementation could be as early as next year. For those of you who are only recent visitors to "Adam Smith, Esq.," the UK’s Clementi reforms will, in an utterly...
by Bruce | October 17, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy
File this under low-hanging fruit; actually, make that fruit served on a silver platter. "It" is the unexploited power of your firm’s alumni network to drive business. How do I know it’s unexploited? From experience and observation, but now...
by Bruce | October 14, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Does your firm enjoy effective teamwork at the top? Is the Executive Committee [insert other supreme governing body here] a "high-functioning" group, that is, does it: embody a common set of goals and values?; interact well—productively,...
by Bruce | October 11, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
With this year’s award of "The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel," a/k/a the Nobel Prize in economics, to two masters of game theory, a brief recap of what game theory is and what it means for managers contemplating...