by Bruce | October 5, 2007 | Articles, Globalization, Leadership, Marketing, Practice Group Management, Strategy
On Monday of this week Proskauer Rose published something brand-new online. I use "brand new" advisedly. I would be the first to confess I may have missed something like it beforehand (and if you’re aware of any analogs, please let me...
by Bruce | October 1, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
My firm does/does not have a mandatory retirement policy. I do/do not believe we should have one. Discuss. This comes up because of the near-even split in the industry between firms that have such policies and those that don ‘t—57% of all firms...
by Bruce | September 24, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Marketing, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
The annual "Adam Smith, Esq." Reader Survey is actively in progress, and I sincerely urge those of you who haven’t taken the two to three minutes it takes to complete it to do so right now. The point of the survey? Two-fold: I want to...
by Bruce | September 15, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, Marketing, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Now that marketing has become an ingrained function at firms and no longer either an exotic foreign import or an isolated archipelago, it might be time to re-examine how the world’s most sophisticated marketing organizations—consumer packaged goods...
by Bruce | September 6, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
As I approach the 800th article I will have published here on "Adam Smith, Esq." (for those of you keeping score at home, this will be #797), I realize some topics are evergreen. It may be because they’re just intrinsically fascinating, as...
by Bruce | August 22, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Profiles of Individuals
A few days ago after reading about Working Mother magazine’s recognition of programs in diversity and work/life balance, I had a chance to catch up with the Managing Partner of Dorsey & Whitney, Marianne Short. Now, the list of "Best Law Firms for...