by Bruce | May 11, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
Sometimes, in the famous phrase, "a cigar is just a cigar," but other times I think you can read the tea leaves to suss out evidence of larger trends. Such, in any event, was my reaction to this seemingly low-visibility story that a three-member "tax...
by Bruce | May 9, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
This is a longish story from CIO Magazine, but a valuable one as it lives at the intersection of two topics readers repeatedly express great interest in: IT and leadership. Essentially a profile of John Hummel, CIO of Northern California-based Sutter Health...
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 5, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Knowledge Management, Marketing, Strategy, Technology strategy
Are blogs by lawyers and law firms the hottest thing to appear on the marketing horizon? Well, yes, and no. (And both those articles are featured this morning on ALM Media’s law.com.) The first imagines that "Fred" can start a...
by Bruce | May 2, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
How is leadership related to management? According to the Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge magazine, not at all. Let’s start with what makes a great manager: They grasp what is the essential strength of each person and...
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...