by Bruce | July 25, 2009 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership, Strategy
By now the news is well and long since out (WSJ Law Blog, AboveTheLaw) that Howrey has decided to fundamentally change the nature of the first and second year associate experience, by focusing on training and an apprenticenship model in exchange for a substantial cut...
by Bruce | July 18, 2009 | Articles, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Geoff Colvin is a “Senior Editor at Large” at Fortune and a fairly prolific author. I greatly enjoyed his 2008 Talent Is Overrated, which combined the distilled results of hundreds of research studies with lively profiles of such superstars as Tiger...
by Bruce | July 10, 2009 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Profiles of Individuals, Strategy
Last week I had a chance to sit down with Tomasz Wardynski, founding partner of Wardynski & Partners, based in Warsaw, which is now a firm of close to 250 people including 137 lawyers with 22 partners, of whom 9 are equity and 13 are salaried or limited partners....
by Bruce | July 6, 2009 | Articles, Leadership, Strategy
In this environment, one of the most insightful resources on management in challenging times has been Prof. Don Sull of the London Business School, who publishes a column under the auspices of the Financial Times. He recently observed: “In the recent boom,...
by Bruce | June 29, 2009 | Articles, Leadership, Strategy
Writing in the WSJ, Peggy Noonan recounts a story: In 1962, Clare Boothe Luce had a conversation in the White House with her old friend John F. Kennedy. “She told him, she said, that “a great man is one sentence.” His leadership can be so well summed...
by Bruce | June 25, 2009 | Articles, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
You are cordially invited to a special event: What’s Next for Global Legal Services? Bright Ideas from Industry Leaders Wednesday 22 July 2009 Washington, DC presentation and discussion with senior inside counsel, outside counsel and law firm...