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You gotta feel sorry for those angry, difficult partners!

Posted in Culture, Law Firms, Leaders, Leadership, Legal Profession, Management, Partners, Professional Service Firms (PSFs), Trust & Respect, values

It does seem like we have been laying into angry or difficult partners lately – so much so, you (almost) gotta feel sorry for them! (not really, we all know how difficult they can really be and how much time and positive energy they eat up) –  3 recent posts attest to this: Difficult partners… Continue Reading

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

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

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