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Professional Service Firm Leadership — Do We Know it When We See It?

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What is leadership? No single, commonly accepted definition for leadership exists. It seems as though everyone has a different idea of what it is and when it is or is not being properly exercised. Perhaps our default understanding of leadership … Continue reading

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Heroic vs. Quiet Leadership — Part 1

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One of the core dilemmas of leading and managing a law firm is played out in a hysterically funny scene from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8bqQ-C1PSE]. In the scene, Arthur, King of the Britons, encounters a couple of … Continue reading

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Motivation and Morale in the New Normal

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The economic downturn that began in 2008 has had a profound and wide-ranging impact on the legal profession.  As law firms have struggled to adapt to this “new normal,” they have begun to question and change the traditional ways they … Continue reading

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