by Bruce | March 6, 2011 | Articles, Leadership, Practice Group Management
As a management consultant to law firms, perhaps the most consistently infuriating phenomenon I encounter (all the time and everywhere, I’m deeply sorry to report) is transparently bogus strategic advice. Here are some examples: Have a struggling office? Hire...
by Bruce | February 28, 2011 | Articles, Leadership, Profiles of Individuals, Strategy
We’ve all heard the sad news that Joe Flom died Wednesday at age 87. (WSJ, The American Lawyer, The New York Times, DealBook) Over 20 years ago, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of The American Lawyer, Steve Brill wrote a profile of Joe, and...
by Bruce | February 23, 2011 | Articles, Leadership, Practice Group Management
With delight I can announce that Adam Smith, Esq. is embarking on a collaborative effort with Vault.com, Inc, the leading career intelligence site for those starting out in law, investment banking, management consulting, and much more. Their mission: Vault...
by Bruce | January 24, 2011 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy
Booz & Co.’s Strategy + Business published something of a primer called “Successful Strategic Planning” last month, and it’s worth a quick review for the distilled–if simple–wisdom it embodies. [For those of you who...
by Bruce | January 21, 2011 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
“With all respect, I think that’s the wrong question. There’s always new stuff out there, and most of it’s not very good. Rather than looking for the next musing, it’s probably better to be thorough about what we know is true and make...
by Bruce | December 28, 2010 | Articles, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Ronald Coase (actually, December 29th–and he’s alive and more than kicking, about to publish a new book early next year, How China Became Capitalist), the Economist has published Why Do Firms Exist?, which opens...