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Volatile future will demand law firms bring more to the party

By Sean Larkan on Posted in Australasia, Australia, Change, Culture, Law Firms, Leaders, Leadership, Legal Profession, Strategy, Uncategorized

The challenging future legal and business environment which is widely anticipated will demand a lot more from law firms than providing quality legal advice. This is the view of Ian Robertson, long-standing managing partner of Holding Redlich’s Sydney office, writing in The Australian (apologies; link requires subscription or log-in) recently. This advice backs up on the… Continue Reading

Pricing, billing and value – tough messages and ideas from two senior General Counsel

By Sean Larkan on Posted in Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs), Billing, Change, Corporate Counsel, In-house counsel, Law Firms, Leaders, Legal Profession, Pricing, Trust & Respect

Issues and challenges around pricing, alternative fee arrangements and value understandably still get plenty of air-time. They received top billing at the recent COLPM (College of Law Practice Management) Futures Conference in Chicago. I read through my notes from talks by two senior in-house counsel  - there are strong words and some important messages and… Continue Reading

8 leadership tips for legal leaders from business leader

By Sean Larkan on Posted in Business Leader, Change, Emotional Intelligence, Humility, Leadership, Management, Trust & Respect, Vision

I talked on leadership tips and frames at a keynote at the annual Boss of the Year Awards Convention in South Africa in August 2011. Brand Pretorius, recently retired former head of Toyota and McCarthy Motor Holdings in South Africa and a recognized ’captain of industry’, also delivered a keynote drawing on his extensive leadership experience, with some… Continue Reading