“Focusing is about saying No!” Steve Jobs
I was reviewing an article regarding the 13th Annual America’s Best Corporate Law Firms study and was struck with how consistent the same names appear on this list — year in and year out. Even if you haven’t seen it, chances are you can name many
For no matter what we achieve, if we don’t spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect, we cannot possibly have a great life. But if we spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect — people we really enjoy being on the bus with
Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience? THOMAS J. WATSON SR.
How many lawyers have you watched move from one firm
We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.”
John F. Kennedy
Believing one has something to contribute to a conversation requires a measurable degree of nerve. To aspire to actually instigate on-going dialogue is downright presumptuous.
Yet, a few months ago that was the goal
Note: This is Part Two of a blog that was originally published as a guest blog on Kevin McKeown‘s Blog Leadership Close Up. We wrote At the Edge–Avoiding the Fall to revisit a success story of a law firm dealing with transition and emerging stronger from a near crisis and how the
We originally posted this blog on Kevin McKeown‘s blog Leadership Close Up. Kevin has been a tremendous resource for us and has guided us greatly as we work at delivering meaningful content about the legal industry and the significant changes it faces.
Some words simply lose impact over time.
Change is such a
I originally posted this blog as a guest of the Cordell Parvin Blog. Cordell is a great guy who has a terrific practice as a a tremendously successful career and business development coach to lawyers. Thank you Cordell.
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Wow – where does time go? It seems like yesterday that my good
Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.
This is the fourth part in this series on Turning Around the
When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
The Crisis at Kaye Scholer
I was sitting back reviewing law business related articles on Zite. As the stories of doom and gloom and failing law firms big and
