A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today there will be reams written and distributed on the idea of leadership. Characteristics, success factors, how to become one, how to identify one – you can find scores of articles on multiple facets of the
I don’t know where we should take this company, but I do know that if I start with the right people, ask them the right questions, and engage them in vigorous debate, we will find a way to make this company great. Jim Collins
So many law firms — big and small — are
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. —Lao Tzu
Leading a law firm these days may be one of the great roller-coaster rides of modern management. Exhilarating, breathtaking, unexpected twists and turns, even moments of fear.
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born – that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. – Warren G. Bennis
There is simply no
A customer is the most important visitor on our premises; he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor
Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go. – Herman Hesse
This is the final post in a series examining law firm decline, inspired by the Jim Collins book, How the Mighty Fall. See the previous four post:
If falling into desperation worked to make things better, then I would say, ‘Let’s all jump into despair.’ But it doesn’t help. The only way to truly find meaning and fulfillment is to look at the disaster, the pain, the difficulty, and know with complete certainty that good can come from this. – Yehuda Berg
While in Seattle my partner Andy Jillson and I stopped by the LexBlog World Headquarters. It was great to meet the entire team. Colin O’Keefe conducted the following interview in their offices.
Don’t confuse cause with coincidence. – W. Edwards Deming
This is the second in a series examining law firm decline. Part 1 — Overconfidence and Law Firm Decline can be seen here.
In Jim Collins’ book How the Mighty Fall, he describes phase two of business decline as “Undisciplined Pursuit of
Every institution is vulnerable, no matter how great. No matter how much you have achieved, no matter how far you have gone, no matter how much power you’ve garnered, you are vulnerable to decline. There is no law of nature that the most powerful will inevitably remain at the top. Anyone can fall
