by Bruce | April 8, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, M&A, Practice Group Management, Strategy
We’ve all encountered the jerks and a**holes in our firms, preferably as a co-equal partner who at least has a prayer of fighting back, but more often the real damage is done to associates or staff whose motivation is sapped, whose degree of loyalty to the firm...
by Bruce | April 2, 2007 | Articles, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Practice Group Management, Technology strategy
Heard of "Web 2.0?" Good; I thought so. Care to define it? Right; I also thought so. It can be a slippery concept, unusually prone to the "eye of the beholder" syndrome, but the uber -article about Web 2.0 was written by Tim...
by Bruce | March 21, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Do you ever wonder about child prodigies who flame out, or your (former) colleagues who seemed incredibly gifted early in their careers, destined for stardom, but who inexplicably went down the all-but-irreversible road of disappointment after...
by Bruce | March 9, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Whether or not your firm has a private equity practice, you’re surely familiar with its just this side of astonishing rise over the past half decade or so. And if you’re like me you’ve asked yourself, "Who are those guys?" What...
by Bruce | February 28, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
If your firm is in a comfort zone where doing things 5% or 10% or even 15% better next year will suffice, stop reading because I’m going to be talking about transformation. Transformations may be confused with "managing change," but I’d...
by Bruce | February 23, 2007 | Articles, Book Reviews, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
The relentless onslaught of business and management books often feels (to me, at least) like standing at the bottom of the sluiceways of the Grand Coulee Dam. Fortunately, all but a tiny slice of the dead-tree armada is utterly inconsequential. Of the...
