Edge International Review
Edge International Review is a quarterly collection of pragmatic articles and prescriptive counsel penned by both Edge partners and respected colleagues.
Editorial: New Routes to Strategic Growth
By Gerry Riskin
Alternative Growth Structures
By Chris Bull
International Alliances
By Nick Jarrett-Kerr
Innovative Associations
By Bithika Anand
Enter The Swiss Verein
By Nick Jarrett-Kerr and Ed Wesemann
Harvesting the Diamonds
By Gerry Riskin
Come Together
By Michael J. White
Lead The Way
By Sean Larkan
Do You Want Swiss With That?
By Pamela Woldow and Douglas Richardson
Why Are You Growing?
By Jordan Furlong
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Navigating the perfect storm: Strategic options for law firms in challenging times
By Tony Bash
Current & future trends in the Indian legal services marketplace
By Bithika Anand
Defusing the bomb: Dealing with difficult partners
By Gerry Riskin
The Edge Roundtable: What keeps you up at night?
Stress-testing your strategy: A road map to strategic implementation
By Sean Larkan
Business planning for practice groups and individuals
By Nick Jarrett-Kerr
Aligning capability and practice: Are your lawyers punching below their weight?
By Ed Wesemann
Breaking out: New applications and horizons for legal project management (LPM)
Pamela H. Woldow
Think and Do: The battle between autonomy and collaboration
By Doug Richardson
The business, professional and human case for law firm diversity
By Jordan Furlong
The emerging new capitals of law
By Chris Bull and Jordan Furlong
Control or Consensus
By Nick Jarrett-Kerr
Low leverage: A low road to ruin for law firms?
By Sean Larkan
Staying power: A legal project management update
By Pamela H. Woldow
The next generation of legal project managers
By David Cruickshank
Creating a “Communication Engine” through Legal Project Management
By Douglas Richardson and Pamela H. Woldow
What reputation really means (Hint: It’s not brand)
By Ed Wesemann
Don’t touch that compensation system (yet)!
By Gerry Riskin
7 business development tactics in a down economy
By Jordan Furlong and Gerry Riskin
Managing the self-limiting lawyer: New perspectives on professional development
By Douglas Richardson
Leading @ Edge
By Gerry Riskin
Capital FabricTM: The key to your firm’s long-term success
By Sean Larkan
The talent portfolio: New options for where, how and by whom your work is done
By Jordan Furlong
Power tools for general counsel: Creating RFPs that really deliver the goods
By Pamela H. Woldow
The Edge Roundtable: Global trends in 2011-12
What is the optimum size for a law firm?
By Ed Wesemann
Why the best managing partners need coaches
By Gerry Riskin
Ten steps to trust: why it matters and how lawyers can achieve it
By Douglas Richardson
Edge International: Thought leadership
Accelerating upwards!
By Gerry Riskin
Implementing Legal Project Management: What’s the Best Way to Grab the Flame?
By Pamela Woldow
Reflections for Legal Project Managers: Understanding the Building Blocks of Lawyer Collaboration
By Douglas B. Richardson
The Art of Engagement: Keeping Your Audience Fully Engaged
By John Plank
Creating a Fast-Track Strategy Toward Your Preferred Future
By Gerry Riskin
General Counsel Quiz: Test Your Adaptation to the New Legal Marketplace
By Pamela H. Woldow
Regaining Control of Pricing: 7 Tactics for Law Firms in 2011
By Ed Wesemann
Marketing and Branding a Law Firm: The Indian Perspective
By Juhi Garg & Gerry Riskin
The Law of the Pencil: Innovation and Client Service in the New Millennium
By Jordan Furlong
The Leaping Tiger
by Juhi Garg
Convergence
by Robert Millard
Fixed Fees
by Jordan Furlong
Ten Compelling Reasons to Improve Your Speaking Skills
John Plank
Post-Recession Globalization
Ed Wesemann
Making Informed Decisions, Taking Practical Steps
Karen MacKay
Driving 2010 Revenue
Gerry Riskin
The Five Levels of Strategy
by Rob Millard
Risky Business
by Gerry Riskin
Email Will Never Be The Same – All Dressed Up and Everywhere To Go
by Richard L.Upton
Enterprise 2.0 and Reinvention of the Firm
David Terrar
Successful Transitions: The New Managing Partner's First Days
by Patrick J. McKenna
My Favorite Leadership Quotations
by Michael J. Anderson
Talking With Pete Kalis of K&L Gates
by Bruce MacEwen
Planning Your Law Firm Retreat
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Alumni as a Competitive Weapon
by Michael J. Anderson
The Cuban Boy & the IP Boutique
by Gerald A. Riskin
Addressing Structural Complexities
by David H. Maister and Patrick J. McKenna
Latest Market Research
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Strategy in a Web 2.0 World
by Robert Millard
What's on Managing Partner Agendas in 2007?
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Managing the Law Firm's Balance Sheet for Future Profit
by Michael Roch and Friedrich Blase
Strategic Options for Commodity Practices
by Ed Wesemann
Managing Financial Performance in Law Firms
by Nick Jarrett-Karr
Dealing with Blind Spots
by Robert Millard
Compelling Testimonials
by Patrick J. McKenna
Managing Our Firm, One Lawyer at a Time
by Gerry Riskin
In Brief: On Management
How Do You Practice Strategy?
by Friedrich Blase
Pricing of Services: A Methodological Approach for Intellectual Property Practices
by Michael Roch
Building the Perfect Client Service Firm -- From Scratch
by Karen MacKay
How Can You Survive in the Future? The Purpose of Law Firm Management
by Friedrich Blase
Africa: Emerging Opportunities on the Dark Continent
by Robert Millard
Protecting Your Crown Jewels
by Patrick J. McKenna and Michael Anderson
Valuing and Judging Partners -- Beyond the Elephant Test!
by Nick Jarrett-Karr
Seven Immutable Laws of Change Management
by Gerry Riskin
Intuition: How Leaders Use Their Bias to Evaluate Situations
by Karen MacKay
What Keeps Managing Partners Awake at Night?
by Patrick J. McKenna
Intelligent Design for Law Firms
by Gerry Riskin
Managing a Law Firm's Culture
by Ed Wesemann
Building Resilience: Developing Strategies that Thrive on Change
by Robert Millard
Streamlining Work
by Nick Jarrett-Kerr
Groundbreaking Research:
Motivating the Next Generation
by Karen MacKay
Leveraging Culture
by Ed Wesemann
Global Networking At Its Best
Balancing Expansion and Integration in the International Markets
by Friedrich Blase
Minding the Seminar
by Gerry Riskin
Ten Myths About Innovation in Professional Service Firms
by Robert Millard
The Changing of the Guard: Selecting Your Next Managing Partner
by Patrick J. McKenna
Importing Creative Processes for Better Solutions
by Gerry Riskin
Groundbreaking Research: Developing the Next Generation of Professionals
by Karen MacKay
Understanding IT Outsourcing from a Strategic Management Perspective
by Friedrich Blase and David Cunningham
Practice Strategies
by H. Edward Wesemann
Is Partnership Their Goal?
Aspirations of the Next Generation of Professionals
by Karen MacKay
Forget Revenue and Profits, Think About Rope!
The Most Successful Firms Manage and Improve the Return on Partner Effort
by Friedrich Blase
The Logic for having an Advisory Board
by Patrick J. McKenna
Profit Motive
A Mini Case Study About Positive Change
by Gerry Riskin
Practice Strategies
by H. Edward Wesemann
Leading and Controlling Culture
Can Professional Service Firm Leaders Keep a Grip on Their Firm's Culture in a Period of Growth and Change?
by Nick Jarrett-Kerr
Partner Performance:
The Role It Plays in Motivating and Retaining Talent
by Karen MacKay
Genuine Client Focus:
Managing the Sophisticated Client's Expectations
by Patrick J.McKenna and Ronald F. Pol
Managing Risk Emotionally
by Gerry Riskin
Germany
Edge International opens Frankfurt office and welcomes Friedrich Blase
Looking Under the Rocks:
The Competitive Advantage of Operational Reviews
by Karen MacKay
New Models for Service Delivery
Lessons From the Bulk Providers in Law Firms
by Nick Jarrett-Kerr
In Defense of Authority
Debunking the Myth of Collegial Management
by Robert Millard
Mistakes Managing Partners Make
by Gerry Riskin
Finding New Leadership:
Succession Planning for Professional Service Firms
by Ed Wesemann
Why Change?
The Challenge of Implementing Your Strategic Initiatives
[Part Two]
by Patrick J. McKenna
Why Change?
The Challenge of Implementing Your Strategic Initiatives
[Part One]
by Patrick J. McKenna
Developing a Competitive Edge:
Creating a Partner Evaluation Process
by Karen MacKay
Industry Focus
by H. Edward Wesemann
Facing Complex Futures
Scenario Planning As a Strategic Planning Tool in Professional Services Firms
by Robert Millard
The Leading Question of Learning
by Nick Jarrett-Kerr
"Client Panels"
A Competitive Weapon
by Gerry Riskin