by Bruce | November 16, 2022 | Articles, Branding, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Recruiting, Strategy
Memory does not recall these pages ever featuring or even mentioning a rap star or a basketball star, but we are confident that our readers have wide-ranging and catholic tastes so we are sailing forth here undaunted. Plus, there should be a first time for...
by Bruce | October 4, 2022 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Recruiting, Strategy
We’ve worked with a lot of law firms over the years and an evergreen topic of discussion is their partner compensation plan–how it’s structured overall, if it’s aligned to the firm’s strategy, and then all the devilish details to be...
by Bruce | July 5, 2022 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Recruiting, Strategy
Yes, I’m looking at you, law firm leaders. You, too, have a supply chain. It’s time to start thinking of it that way. May we take a step back for a moment? From the redoubtable St. Louis Fed comes a study Supply Chain Disruptions and Inflation During...
by Bruce | June 7, 2022 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Recruiting, Strategy
Editor’s Note: A modestly condensed version of this article was published a few weeks ago in Thomson Reuter’s Forum magazine. It was the leading story for a week after it was published. We appreciate their courtesy in letting us republish a slightly...
by Bruce | March 30, 2022 | About the Site, Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Recruiting
Dear Reader-associates. Let your voice be heard while there’s still time! With the heavy lifting done by our friends at Above the Law, we wanted to draw your attention to a brand-new survey delving into how associates have been experiencing the...
by Bruce | March 17, 2022 | About the Site, Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Recruiting
Dear Reader-associates. With the heavy lifting done by our friends at Above the Law, we wanted to draw your attention to a brand-new survey delving into how associates have been experiencing the pandemic/lockdown, how their firms and bosses have behaved or...