by Bruce | May 18, 2005 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Rarely, if ever, do I link to The Wall Street Journal, on the premise that the overwhelming majority of you have already seen it, so why point to what’s been in front of your face? But rules are made to be broken, so this morning I give you two WSJ...
by Bruce | May 11, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Business Week asks "Has the job of CEO for a megacompany become too complex to handle?" We might well ask, "Has the job of Chairman of an AmLaw 50 firm become too complex? Is it asking too much to expect one person to occupy a position of...
by Bruce | May 7, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
My loyal correspondent Rob Hyndman pointed out a feature article in Legal Affairs, "Are Your Lawyers in New York or New Delhi?," which takes on the pregnant issue of outsourcing with, to my mind (and Rob’s), fairly underwhelming levels of...
by Bruce | May 2, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
A subject to which I probably do not recur frequently enough is the thorny one of "Leadership." Partly why—I hope by way of explanation and not excuse—is that it’s perhaps more difficult to say something intelligent about leadership...
by Bruce | April 20, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
When it was first announced several months ago, I noted Reed-Smith’s creation of an ambitious initiative into executive education called "Reed Smith University," created in partnership with the Wharton School of Business. At the time, I asked...
by Bruce | April 13, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Marketing, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Thanks to Susan Raridon Lambreth of Hildebrandt International, guru of Practice Group Management, I was able to serve as blogger-in-residence at this conference held here in New York over the last two days. I’m happy to be able to report that the attendees...