Management Strategy

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…

Change by Degrees

Lawyers are advised to make changes to their practices steadily and consistently, and avoid overanalyzing. By now, most of us in the legal field have come to realize that developing new ways…

A Game of Inches

As in football, change in legal services can depend on incremental gains … until a punter shows up. A February 2016 Deloitte report, Developing legal talent: Stepping into the future law firm,…

Less Than Attractive

The upshot of a hollowing out of people and profits in legal services. A hollowing out of talent is creating a quiet crisis in the legal market. Altering attitudes and stalling career…

Groundhog Day is your still-early-in-the-year chance to change your behaviour. Groundhog Day conjures up thoughts of rodents forecasting spring’s arrival. It’s also the name of a 1993 movie about a misanthropic weatherman…

Rebranding Lawyers

Where the rubber meets the road in a post-recession marketplace. Do you remember the DMC-12? Better known as the DeLorean, this iconic car with gull-wing doors and steel-paneled, fibreglass body was produced…

The Swashbuckling ‘Unlawyers’

Marketing the bold innovators that are slashing the legal industry’s Gordian knot. With relentless upheaval in the legal industry along with innovations, such as alternative legal services and structures coming to the…

The Fickle File Fairy

Finding your own work beats reliance on a fair-weather friend. If you think that work will continue to magically appear on your desk without your helping it land there, you are in…

Change Horses

To change horses in midstream means making a major alteration when a course has been set and action is underway. “Changing horses” can be daunting. But better that than clinging to something…

Lexis Practice Advisor℠ Canada

Practical online tools for Canadian practitioners written by Canadian lawyers — and me. LexisNexis has launched Lexis Practice Advisor℠ Canada (LPAC). LPAC is an online resource geared to small and mid-size firms…

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