Overcoming Strategic Inertia
Joseph B. AltonjiOver many years of working in the legal industry, I have often been struck by the stark differences between firms that seem to constantly move forward, evolving and changing, and...
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It’s Time to Spend Money to Make Money
Michael D. ShortWhenever the growth in demand for legal services slows (and it cannot get much slower than right now), we hear from many law firm management teams that they are highly focused on...
View ArticlePromoting a Culture of Efficiency in Law Firms: The Link to Talent Development
Jessa M. BakerIn our most recent blogs, my colleague Carla Landry and I examined how law firms can successfully promote a culture of efficiency. Whether driven externally at the request of clients or...
View ArticleStrategically Reducing Fixed Overhead
Michael D. ShortIn my last post I wrote about expense control and efficiency creation under the theme and title that “It’s Time to Spend Money to Make Money”. I pointed out that nonstrategic cost...
View ArticlePromoting a Culture of Efficiency in Law Firms: The Link to Retaining Talent
Jessa M. BakerIn our most recent blogs, my colleague Carla Landry and I examined how law firms can successfully promote a culture of efficiency. A firm’s investment in its most valuable asset – its...
View ArticleLeading Through Market Disruption: Why Follow the Leader Is a Game of the Past
Marcie Borgal ShunkImitation may be the greatest form of flattery, but it is one of the worst approaches to establishing market leadership in today’s rapidly changing legal world. For decades, partners...
View ArticleStrategic Parlance
Michael D. ShortThere is a lot of strategic planning going on right now…and there damn well should be. The business of law has changed dramatically in a short period of time AND many strategies remain...
View ArticleDid You Make the Naughty or Nice List at Your Law Firm This Year?
Jessa M. BakerIt’s that time of year again for Santa Claus to evaluate everyone’s behavior over the past year and develop his “naughty” and “nice” lists. To improve efficiency, he outsourced some of...
View ArticleAre We Ready for a “Weird” New World?
Joseph B. Altonji2014 has dawned and already there are signs that the future won’t resemble the past. Consider: The BCS Championship Game was played, and in an exciting, whirlwind finish the SEC, and...
View ArticlePatterns in Planning
Michael D. ShortI like patterns. They provide some level of predictability and knowledge of what might come next. We derive a level of comfort from knowing – or at least having a good idea of – what...
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