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Change Management

Depressurizing Strategies to Survive the Fourth Quarter

Legal service is a business. Run it that way. For most law firms, September signals a kickoff for the rest of the business year. Some law firms have instituted a four-day-in-the-office, return-to-work…

Smart Strategy: Rethink, Restructure and Retool

If you didn’t rethink, restructure and retool during the past few years, brace yourself. You’re in for a bumpy ride. We are living in a permanently changed world because life prior to…

Mastering Transformation: Webinar

** A recording of this webinar is available on-demand. ** Transformation strategies within law firms and legal departments deliver effective results.  Law firms and legal departments are mastering transformation in response to…

Legal Market Rebirth

Now is when legal service providers must embrace how business works and align accordingly. If anything good is to come from the global pandemic, it’s a rebirth opportunity that enables legal service…

The Next Decade of Legal Services — Part 1 — Embracing Law Market Change

Four “first principles” of change to expect in the coming decade. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the…

The Next Decade of Legal Services — Part 2 — Managing Law Market Change

To remain relevant and solvent, we must quit admiring problems and instead tackle and fix them. In The Next Decade of Legal Services – Part 1 – Embracing Law Market Change, we discussed…

How to Get Out of Your Own Way

A first-person account of healing, restructuring and re-engineering a career – more than once. We’ve all heard “the only constant is change” and “what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger.” When these…

Embrace the Rebels

Law firms risk market erosion by ignoring the audacious in their ranks.  A philosophy exam (likely mythical) is said to have posed a one-word question: “Why?” While one answer might be “Because,” any…

Kick Kicking it Old-School

“Kicking it old-school” means doing things the traditional way. Steeped in tradition, the legal profession is the epitome of old-school. Even though there are some traditions worth keeping, kicking out some of the…

What ABS Can Also Mean

In the legal industry, ABS is an acronym for “alternative business structure.” It can also mean “About business, stupid.” It’s taken six months for me to read Breakdown by Norman Bacal, his first-person account…

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