Nat Slavin is a partner in the Wicker Park Group, a consultancy focused on helping law firms strengthen and deepen their relationships with in-house counsel through client feedback and other client facing programs. Nat has met with more than a thousand law firm clients
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Design Thinking Mindsets that are Counter-Intuitive for Lawyers
One of the reasons design thinking has been slow to catch hold in legal is that some of the underlying mindsets are counter-intuitive for lawyers. It is not that lawyers can’t embrace and practice these mindsets. Rather, their training, incentives and environment…
How Design Thinking Makes for Good Business Development and Client Service
Nat Slavin is a partner in the Wicker Park Group, a consultancy focused on helping law firms strengthen and deepen their relationships with in-house counsel through client feedback and other client facing programs. Nat has met with more than a thousand law firm clients…
Tips for New Manager Training
How do you prepare new managers to be effective leaders?
Many corporations have comprehensive training programs for new managers, but law firms have typically not offered specialized training for new staff managers or lawyers who transition from sole contributors to…
Tips for New Manager Training
How do you prepare new managers to be effective leaders?
Many corporations have comprehensive training programs for new managers, but law firms have typically not offered specialized training for new staff managers or lawyers who transition from sole contributors to…
10 Things That Should Be on Your Law Firm’s Radar in 2017
The legal profession, marketing technology, and clients’ buying habits are changing dramatically. Lawyers need to think differently about marketing, lead generation, big data, project delivery and leadership. Here are 10 things that should be on your radar, starting now.
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10 Things That Should Be on Your Law Firm’s Radar in 2017
What is the ROI for Leadership Development?
When I started consulting, I met with an old friend who had been consulting for more than two decades. “You need to communicate the cost of doing nothing,” he advised me. “If firms understood the high cost of not investing…
Leadership Reading List
Here are a few books on leadership that I recommend:
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’tRobert Sutton
The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into ActionRobert Sutton and Jeffrey Pfeffer…
Mark Beese Advises Inaugural Women in Law Hackathon
LAW FIRM PARTNERS, TALENT EXPERTS, AND STANFORD LAW STUDENTS JOIN FORCES TO TACKLE GENDER PARITY THROUGH INAUGURALWOMEN IN LAW HACKATHON
Diversity Lab, in partnership with Stanford Law School and Bloomberg Law, launch the Women in Law Hackathon aimed at advancing…