by Bruce | June 2, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Leadership, M&A, Marketing, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Technology strategy
The long-awaited results (speaking for myself, at least) of the famous first-ever "Adam Smith, Esq." Reader Survey are now in, and I hasten to share them with you, dear reader, as audience participation was extremely strong, and gratifying. My...
by Bruce | May 23, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Professor Carley, as well as a frequent correspondent who I will identify only as the director of KM at an AmLaw 100 firm, have come through. First, Professor Carley provided a working paper on the Enron email database, and told me that under the auspices of her...
by Bruce | May 17, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Are lawyers suffering "arrested development," as the cheeky title of a dead-serious article has it at Legal Week? Professional development is one of the pantheon of gods whose worship is most often honored in the breach, or else by procrustean...
by Bruce | May 2, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
How is leadership related to management? According to the Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge magazine, not at all. Let’s start with what makes a great manager: They grasp what is the essential strength of each person and...
by Bruce | April 23, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
You would think the lead of this Legal Times article, which follows, would be irresistible info for me to comment upon. But sometimes, no news is no news: "Law firms are back — sort of. "Revenues and profits were up by nearly 10 percent in 2004,...
by Bruce | April 19, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Run a multi-hundred-million dollar a year enterprise without appointing a general counsel? Sounds like the kind of thing you’d advise your clients against in, say, a heartbeat? News flash: 26 of the AmLaw 50 firms are doing just that. Well,...