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 4, 2007 | About the Site, Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
When both I and my friend Larry Ribstein are quoted in the same Wall Street Journal article, it’s too rich to resist. So, hoping this constitutes "fair use," herewith the piece from today’s paper, pg. B2: Losing the ‘LLP’? With the...
by Bruce | April 3, 2007 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Eagle-eyed readers of my article reporting on my conversation with Ralph Baxter may have spotted where Ralph’s essay that I referred to was published: On Legal OnRamp. For the rest of you, if you haven’t heard of Legal OnRamp, I intend to...
by Bruce | March 29, 2007 | Articles, Globalization, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Profiles of Individuals, Strategy
"A freezing rain was falling one March afternoon in Tarrytown, New York, and I was thinking about frogs." Does that sound like the proper introduction for an AmLaw 30 Firm Chair to use for an article with the theme, as he says farther on, that "I expect...
by Bruce | March 23, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
The 19th Century was Britain’s, the 20th Century was the United States’, and the 21st Century is____? China’s, of course! (Said he to resounding acclamation, being congratulated on stating the obvious.) So, is it? Truth be told, the most...
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...