by Bruce | December 9, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
In general, I try to avoid staking out hard and fast positions. Partly, this is simply because I have a strong preference for spending my time analyzing and discussing issues where there really are two (or more) sides; they’re just plain more intrinsically...
by Bruce | December 2, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
Periodically I’m asked whether the legal industry could steal a page from the playbook of other industries that it might resemble, either for inspiration and innovation, or for cautionary, clarifying lessons. If the question relates to what economists call...
by Bruce | November 30, 2006 | Articles, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
Seminal business/management books are few and far between, although you’d never guess that walking into your typical Barnes & Noble and knee-capping yourself over the inevitable piled-high/piled-deep table displaying the combined wit and wisdom of wannabe...
by Bruce | November 28, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
We know from life in general that people excel differently depending on the circumstances. Some are natural schmoozers, some highly analytic, some of us lone wolves and some of us can’t work without a crowd. Does the ghastly cliche...
by Bruce | November 22, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, M&A, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Mergers, globalization, consolidation: I’ve heard all about it. Time to tell me something new. Is that your feeling? Then let’s talk about post-merger leadership, and what you could actually do to make a difference if the seemingly-inevitable comes to...
by Bruce | November 19, 2006 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
Today we visit the prosaic topic of conflicts-checking. I’ve come to believe it’s not so prosaic after all. Consider: The highly-publicized referral to the UK’s Law Society Regulation Board of two senior Freshfields partners, announced last...