These two podcasts were originally published at the Legal Executive Institute website, a ThomsonReuters site. Podcast #1 discusses why change is hard for lawyers, and Podcast #2 discusses what you can do about it.
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Why Law Firms Need “Great Managers”
This blog post was originally published at the Legal Executive Institute website, a ThomsonReuters site, on September 20, 2016:
Law firms are struggling these days to do a better job of retaining their Millennial lawyers. Millennials famously have less loyalty and…
Toward Better Leadership: Self-Development, Focusing on Strengths & Accepting Flaws
This article first appeared on Tuesday May 17, 2016, on the Legal Executive Institute blog site, which is curated by Thomson Reuters.
One of my favorite leadership books is The Extraordinary Leader by John Zenger and Joe Folkman. In this book,…
What Can Social Science Tell Us About Ethics?
This article originally appeared in the March 2016 Ethics Corner column of the ABA online publication Business Law Today:
Can ethical behavior be taught? Most definitely. The social sciences have yielded several principles and practices that can aid law firm…
Leading Like a Psychologist
This post was originally published at the Legal Executive Institute website, a ThomsonReuters site, on September 16, 2015:
In my conversations with law firm leaders, I am hearing more and more concern expressed about their partners failing to meet expectations.…
Tea Reading or Testing—What’s the Best Way to Hire?
This post was originally published at the Legal Executive Institute website, a ThomsonReuters site, on July 29, 2015:
Amidst the head-spinning change and the increased competition that all law firms face today, there is an increased emphasis on—some say a…
Making Your Law Firm a Great Place to Work
This post was originally published at the Legal Executive Institute website, a ThomsonReuters site, on May 13, 2015:
The Great Place to Work Institute publishes an annual list of the “100 Best Places to Work”. This year, 20 of the…
Leading Lawyers: Your Most Potent Tool is Your Mindset
This post was originally published at the Legal Executive Institute website, a ThomsonReuters site, on April 15, 2015:
Are you a practicing lawyer who is transitioning into a leadership role? Whether it’s as a managing partner, practice group leader, office…
Lawyers Are Skeptical — Can You Believe It???
This post is a reprint of an article that I wrote for the ABA’s “Legal Career Central” website. It was originally published on November 15, 2015:
The Lawyer Personality: Why Lawyers Are Skeptical
I’ve been gathering data on…
Let the Blogging Resume . . .
To those of you who have been followers of my blog, I offer an apology for going silent. It’s been almost two years since my last post here. That hiatus is the result of a combination of factors–(1) a very busy…